How has physical geography blocked permanent settlement in antarctica?

a. constant snowfall prevents people from farming.
b. the ocean surrounding antarctica is always frozen.
c. ice sheets make it hard for people to meet their needs.
d. people could find a passage through the coastal mountains.

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C. Ice sheets make it hard for people to meet their needs.

Explanation: Antarctica is what one could compare to a frozen desert. It is dead and barren and because of the ice sheets that make up nearly all of Antarctica, almost nothing can grow.

A permanent settlement wouldn't even be worth setting up, other than studying the wildlife.

1.) question:

how was the agricultural revolution related to the industrial revolution?

d.) improved agriculture led to population growth, which increased demand for goods.

2.) question:

which of the following happened first in the events leading to american independence?

c.) the meeting of the first continental congress.

3.) question:

what was one advantage that cities offered businesses and industrialists?

answer:

d.) transportation networks

4.) question:

what economic philosophy developed in response to the problems of industrial workers?

a.) socialism

5.) question:

how does this image relate to the jacobins?

b.) the jacobins used this machine to scare and execute those who supported the king.

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