Examine Figure 1.5. Identify three rate changes between 2013 and 2050. Give a possible reason for each change.

Read this passage from elie wiesel's 1999 speech "the perils ofindifference": the depressing tale of the st. louis is a case in point. sixtyyears ago, its human cargo - nearly 1,000 jews - wasturned back to nazi germany. and that happened after thekristallnacht, after the first state sponsored pogrom, withhundreds of jewish shops destroyed, synagogues burned, thousands of people put in concentration camps. and thatship, which was already in the shores of the united states, was sent back. what rhetorical strategy is wiesel using in the passage?

What did the native title act do? a. it recognized and protected aboriginal rights to land. b. it stated that aborigines were to be counted as part of the census. c. it established aboriginal languages as official. d. it granted aborigines suffrage.

1. in 1492, spain expelled after being under their rule for centuries. a. the portuguese b. the basques c. the castilians d. the moors 2. an important cultural center during the renaissance was the city of a. milan b. bologna c. florence d. naples 3. what is the connection between the minoan civilization and a volcanic eruption on thera? a. the earthquake happened a century before the collapse of the civilization. b. the earthquake created a graben. c. the earthquake caused the collapse of the civilization. d. the earthquake caused a volcanic eruption. 4. throughout history, other cultures influenced greece through a. military conquest b. shared ideals c. trade agreements 5. geographically, spain is isolated from the rest of europe by a. portugal b. the atlantic ocean c. the pyrenees mountains d. narrow coastal plains 6. most of central spain is known as the meseta, which is the spanish word for a. mountains b. plateau c. peninsula d. plains 7. for the people of ancient greece, the  iliad, and the  odyssey  a. copied western ideals b. were not popular c. presented community standards d. were children’s poems\ 8. western cultures got many of their ideas about from ancient greece. a. warfare b. democracy c. education d. agriculture 9. how is greece’s natural vegetation similar to that of other mediterranean countries? a. it has been damaged by forest fires. b. it is mainly deciduous forests. c. it grows rapidly in the wet climate. d. it has been reduced to scrub vegetation by overgrazing. 10. what is the most productive agricultural area in italy? a. the alps b. the po valley c. southern italy d. the apennines 11. many factories in northern italy use for energy. a. coal b. hydroelectricity c. nuclear energy d. natural gas 12. what major landform covers much of italy? a. the apennines b. the po river valley c. the alps