TAKS Question of The Week

This weeks "TAKS Question of the Week" comes from the area of Social Studies:

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This week's question:

• Created in 1949 as a mutual-defense alliance
• Initially included 12 democratic nations
• Prompted by the Berlin Blockade
• First commitment to a mutual-defense alliance by the United States

The information listed above describes which of the following agreements?

A. Warsaw Pact
B. Strategic Arms Limitations Talks
C. Atlantic Charter
D. North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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Last Weeks Question Was:

Trade winds blow from east to west across the Pacific Ocean. The winds move surface waters westward across the ocean. This causes deeper, colder water to rise to the surface along the coast. This upwelling of deep ocean waters brings with it nutrients that would otherwise lie near the bottom of the ocean.
Which of the following conclusions is supported by the information above?

A. Trade winds help maintain some food chains.