While riding his bike home late one evening recently, dirk was startled by a raccoon, which suddenly jumped into his path from behind some garbage cans. which of the following hormones was probably the first one released into dirk's system as he successfully swerved to avoid the careless critter?

Explain comment: much of the thought upon which present-day democratic government rests began as a challenge to the theory of the divine right of kings

The platt amendment was a treaty that allowed the united states to build military bases in which country?

In 1914, alabama produced 1.7 million bales of cotton, but three years later produced only 515,000, bales. meanwhile, in georgia, 5.2 million acres of land was dedicated for cotton production in 1914, but by 1923 there were just 2.6 million acres used for growing cotton. all of this was the result of the work of a tiny insect: the boll weevil. alabama and georgia first felt the effects of the boll weevil at different times. what would account for this difference in timing? a) the infestation moved from west to east. b) the infestation moved from east to west. c) georgia had better ways to deal with the problem. d) alabama was further from the insect's point of origin.