Confucianism is best described as

a.

a religion with many gods and rigid rules of behavior that must be followed to reach the afterlife

b.

an ethical philosophy that emphasizes the duties that one has toward others in society

c.

a religion with one god, a religious text, and a belief in an afterlife

d.
a philosophy and a religion that includes a belief that spirits inhabit all living things

The diagram shows the positions of the sun, moon and earth during spring tides, when the high tides are at their highest and low tides at their lowest. what is it about these positions that causes these high and low tides?

Canada plays an important role in the global community in all of the following ways except by a. acting as a superpower with influence over europe and asia. b. promoting arms control and disarmament. c. working with the commonwealth of nations to promote trade. d. promoting trade with japan and other asian countries.

During metamorphic processes, increased pressure and temperature can affect the of minerals in rock. rocks subjected to very high pressure are typically than others because mineral grains are squeezed together, and the atoms are more closely packed. during metamorphic processes, water facilitates the transfer of ions between and within minerals, which can the rate at which metamorphic reactions take place. the growth of new minerals within a rock during metamorphism has been estimated to be about per million years. metamorphism is commonly associated with convergent plate boundaries, where two plates move toward each other. during contact metamorphism, a large intrusion will contain thermal energy and will cool much more slowly than a small one. metamorphosed sandstone is known as the metamorphic rock made from metamorphosed shale, was once used to make blackboards for classrooms