What economic pursuit drew the Basques from their homeland in the Pyrenees Mountains in Europe to migrate to rural Nevada and Idaho?

What will be an ideal response?


Basque sheepherders travelled from their home in the Pyrenees Mountains to the American West. These migrants travelled to San Francisco and Sacramento by train, before setting out eastward, finding and settling suitable grazing lands east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Cascade ranges.

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What is the difference between pluripotent stem cells and multipotent stem cells?

A) There is no difference, they are two different names for the same cells. B) Pluripotent stem cells can form any type of cell , but multipotent stem cells can only form a limited number of cell types. C) Multipotent stem cells can form any type of cell, but pluripotent stem cells can only form a limited number of cell types. D) Multipotent stem cells can form all cell types, but pluripotent can only form new pluripotent stem cells.

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One example of the way that globalization has impacted North American communities is ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The official language of Papua New Guinea

a. Pidgin. b. English. c. France. d. Papuan. e. Austronesian.

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