Why do the media sensationalize issues?
a.
to generate interest in a story, attracting readers or viewers
b.
to ensure that both sides of a story are explored
c.
to remove bias from a story
d.
to make sure that only the most important issues get news coverage

Read a report of the paris medical faculty from 1348 about the plague. we can say that the main cause of this pestilence was and is the configuration of the heavens. in 1345, at 1: 00 in the afternoon of march 20th, there was a major conjunction of three planets in the constellation of aquarius. this conjunction, along with others like it and the eclipse caused a deadly corruption of the air around us. what is the most likely reason this document would be important to a historian’s study of the black death? a) it shows the importance of astronomy in medicine today. b) it shows how medicine once differed in paris and london. c) it shows how the plague’s cause was interpreted in the past. d) it shows the desperation to find a cause of the black death.

One of galileo’s contributions to science was a creating the coordinate plane system. b developing the scientific method. c improving the telescope. d inventing the astrolabe.

To encourage railroad companies to build railroads across the west, the government gave them subsidies by select the best answer from the choices provided. a. paying the wages of laborers b. giving them building materials c. providing railroad trains d. providing free land