Because it was too painful to think about how his marriage had fallen apart due to his wife's infidelity, russell decided that he was not going to remember anything about his marriage. russell is trying to use a form of motivated forgetting, to ease his pain.

5elections for representatives to the u.s. house of representatives are held every two years. elections take place in november, and there is usually one republican candidate and one democratic candidate on the ballot. how are candidates chosen to appear on the ballot?

Between 1518 and 1548, spanish conquistadores conquered most of the new world, motivated by the a) desire for scientific knowledge. b)  to urge to claim more territory for spain. c) belief that an all-water western route to the orient existed. d) desire to advance national glory, serve god, and seek personal wealth.

Which statement best describes evidence of a mulitcultural mix in east africa? a. because of what he learned during his pilgrimage to mecca, mansa musa was able to build a center of islamic scholarship. b. the traders of ghana brought back with them slaves from the mediterranean who taught the ghana rulers about christianity. c. clans were made up of lineages that were descendants of multiple ancestors from different regions of africa. d. swahili became a language made up of words spoken by traders along the coast of the indian ocean.