Historically, Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal & the Netherlands became global colonial world powers. Which of the following would be a factor in why these countries became global powers, while those of central and eastern Europe did not? a. All had similar strong central governments based on the Roman Republican model.
b. All had access to the ocean with long coastline, a mairtime culture of trade, and they had large port cities.
c. They had uniform religious beliefs, which created stronger, more homogeneous societies.
d. All were small, mountainous countries that had limited agrarian land and small populations.

Passport video produced a video documentary titled the definitive elvis, comprising sixteen one-hour episodes. the producers interviewed more than 200 people regarding virtually all aspects of elvis's life. passport sold the videos commercially for a profit. approximately 5 to 10 percent of the videos were composed of copyrighted music and appearances of presley on television and in movies owned by copyright holders other than passport. passport did not obtain permission to use those copyrighted works. elvis presley enterprises, inc., and other companies and individuals that owned copyrights to the presley works used by passport sued passport for copyright infringement. passport defended, arguing that its use of the copyrighted materials was fair use. the u. s. district court held in favor of the plaintiff copyright holders and enjoined passport from further distribution of its documentary videos. passport appealed. did passport act ethically in including the elvis presley copyrighted material in its video? why do you think passport video did so? has there been fair use in this case, or has there been copyright infringement?

Astudy that involves interviews of adults is eligible for expedited review. the researcher wants to add an adolescent population (aged 12 to 17) to the study and has designed a parental permission and assent process. no additional changes are planned. which of the following statements about review of the revised protocol is accurate? the research would only be eligible for expedited review if the adolescents are capable of understanding the same consent forms used for the adult population. the research would only be eligible for expedited review if the adolescents have been declared to be emancipated minors. the new research would need full review by a convened irb because children are a protected population. unless the nature of the questions would raise the level of risk to > minimal for adolescents, the research would still qualify for expedited review.

In ancient egypt, the pharaoh collected from the peasant farmers. a. oil b. gold c. lumber d. taxes