Alternating periods of prosperity and decline are called what?

Which of the following is the main reason early new england had villages rather than cities? 1. the area did not have ports for trade. 2. not many people lived in new england at the time. 3. new england did not have the natural resources to support cities. 4. the settlers set up new england with villages for religious reasons.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. obierika was a man who thought about things. when the will of the goddess had been done, he sat down in his obi and mourned his friend’s calamity. why should a man suffer so grievously for an offense he had committed inadvertently? (p. 125) based on the context clues, the best definition for the word “calamity” in the excerpt above is disaster sadness luck indifference

What do most climatologists see as a major cause of rising global temperatures? a. earth's closer proximity to the sun due to its gravitational pull b. greenhouse gases produced by burning fossil fuels c. rising ocean levels caused by melting polar ice sheets d. water pollution cause by industrial waste