How has the decline of timber resources affected people in Washington State? It has decreased the ability of the forests to filter water and produce oxygen, affecting the quality of these resources important to humans.

It has resulted in soil erosion, leading to dramatically better water quality in the state.

It has opened previously unsettled areas to human habitation, altering settlement patterns in Washington State.

It has caused unemployment in the state to rise dramatically.

Prior to the presence of europeans on the continent, the slave trade in africa a) did not exist in any form. b) was limited to internal trade only. c) included the trans-saharan and indian ocean slave trade. d) was rarely needed due to the lack of an agricultural economy.

Which statement describes the central idea of the text? a. while the nigerian government has the wealth to improve the conditions in prisons, they continue to view it as a low priority. b. nigerian prisons neglect the physical and mental health of their prisoners by failing to provide them with basic necessities and services. c. the inhuman conditions in nigerian prisons could easily be improved, but the environment is considered part of prisoners' punishment. d. conditions in nigerian prisons are slowly improving as non-government organizations and citizens are providing much-needed equipment to the prisons.

Due to their desire for a theocracy, what was at the center of new england life