The American Museum of Natural History in New York City was originally created:
A) for entertainment and education of the working classes.
B) to preserve specimens for conservation efforts.
C) to provide for philanthropic causes of the wealthy.
D) so that the United States could compete ethnographically with Europe.
E) to develop a working collection of historical and natural artifacts for U.S. researchers.
A
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In the current digital age, there are common associations based on virtual communities, including Facebook, which has approximately how many subscribers worldwide?
a. 3 billion b. 1 billion c. 750 million d. 500 million e. 50 million
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A) is called the Gunz glaciation B) began about 700,000 years ago C) is called the Wurm after the European Alpine glaciation series D) happened about 2.4 million years ago E) happened about 3 million years ago
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A. Acheulean tradition B. Oldowan tradition C. Mousterian tradition D. Upper Paleolithic tradition