How did americans respond after hearing about standard oil’s secret business practices? a. they admired the company’s ability to get ahead in the oil industry. b. they held demonstrations and refused to do business with the company. c. they sold their oil refineries to standard oil to increase its monopoly. d. they formed a pact to support standard oil and keep it from breaking up.

It is widely assumed that people need to engage in intellectual activities such as solving crossword puzzles or mathematics problems in order to maintain mental sharpness as they age. in fact, however, simply talking to other people—that is, participating in social interaction, which engages many mental and perceptual skills—suffices. evidence to this effect comes from a study showing that the more social contact people report, the better their mental skills. which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the force of the evidence cited? (a) as people grow older, they are often advised to keep exercising their physical and mental capacities in order to maintain or improve them. (b) many medical conditions and treatments that adversely affect a person's mental sharpness also tend to increase that person's social isolation. (c) many people are proficient both in social interactions and in solving mathematical problems. (d) the study did not itself collect data but analyzed data bearing on the issue from prior studies. (e) the tasks evaluating mental sharpness for which data were compiled by the study were more akin to mathematics problems than to conversation.

Which of the following most likely contributed to the outbreak of world war ii? a. embargoes on international trade b. higher tariff rates in european countries c. sanctions imposed by the united states d. global economic depression

In which way did ancient rome influence and unify medieval europe? (1 point) medieval guilds were inspired by roman ones. latin endured as the language of everyday life. roman slavery was a model for feudalism. rome continued as the center of the church.