Which of the following best summarizes how the environment impacted the growth of the maya? a. the maya had to adapt to living in high elevations with thin oxygen. b. the maya had to learn farming techniques to clear the dense rain forest. c. the maya had to build causeways and canals to adapt to living on an island. d. the maya had to expand their territory to find suitable farm land. how were incan commoners grouped within their social class? a. by gender and age b. by family rank c. by wealth and status d. by religious worship which of the following is an example of aztec art? a. huge, carved stone heads b. intricate, carved hieroglyphs c. elaborate feather headdresses d. richly colored textiles which of the following statements describes the mayan writing system? a. the mayan writing system was more advanced than eurasian cultures. b. the mayan writing system was the most evolved in the americas. c. the mayan writing system, and all evidence of it, was destroyed by the spanish. d. the mayan writing system is still widely used in central america today. which of the following statements best describes the mississippians? a. the mississippians developed a complex culture and lived in large communities. b. the mississippians lived in the northwest and hunted and gathered for survival. c. the mississippians developed a complex culture and lived in the southwest. d. the mississippians were a nomadic tribe that lived in the great plains.

This is the mountain range known as the alps. which of these statements regarding the alps is true? a) the alps are the largest mountain range in asia. b) the alps protect the roman empire from invasion. c) the alps were key in preventing england from being conquered in warfare. d) the alps prevented the roman empire from taking control of most of europe.

Say a certain manufacturing industry has 63.1 thousand jobs in 2008, but is expected to decline at an average annual rate of 1.7 thousand jobs per year from 2008 to 2018. assuming this holds true, what will be this industry’s percent change from 2008 to 2018? a. 70% b. -27% c. -17% d. -75%

An employee of the state government always received his state paycheck on the last workday of the month. the employee was not a good money manager, and just barely managed to make it from paycheck to paycheck each month. on the second to the last workday of the month, the employee had $45 in his checking account, and, needing to buy a birthday gift for his sister, he wrote a check to a gift boutique for $100. he knew that he would be receiving his paycheck the next day, so he could deposit the paycheck before the check would be sent to the bank. however, unbeknownst to the employee, the state legislature was having a budget impasse. because the state constitution prohibited any deficit spending, state employees were not paid as usual. without a paycheck to deposit, the check written to the gift boutique was returned for insufficient funds. the merchant complained to the police, who arrested the employee and charged him under a statute that prohibited "issuing a check knowing that it is drawn against insufficient funds, with intent to defraud the payee of the check."what should be the outcome of the employee's prosecution? a not guilty, because the employee intended to deposit his paycheck the next day. b not guilty, because it was reasonable for the employee to expect that he would receive his paycheck as usual. c guilty, because the employee knew when he wrote the check that he did not have sufficient funds in his account to honor it. d guilty, because reliance on a future source of income does not vitiate the employee's violation of the statute when he wrote the check.