The Buddha taught that the gods and goddesses of Hinduism were ultimately not relevant for the individual’s journey to Nirvana. Would it be fair to characterize Buddhism as an ""atheistic"" religion? Why or Why not?

Which of the following statements best describes relations between india and pakistan? a. the countries have had peaceful relations since the partition of india. b. the countries have an ongoing trade dispute with bangladesh. c. the countries have had conflicts over the region of kashmir. d. the countries have agreed not to develop nuclear weapons.

Which of these describes a social effect of the civil war? a) fields were left unplanted because the slaves had been freed and much of the male population was unavailable to plant or harvest crops. b) over 600,000 men died, mostly because of the lack of food, clean water, and hygienic medical practices. c) after the emancipation proclamation was issued, african americans were allowed to join the union army. d) lincoln’s assassination after the surrender caused a disruption in the rebuilding of the nation.

The authors of the paper "fudging the numbers: distributing chocolate influences student evaluations of an undergraduate course"† carried out a study to see if events unrelated to an undergraduate course could affect student evaluations. students enrolled in statistics courses taught by the same instructor participated in the study. all students attended the same lectures and one of six discussion sections that met once a week. at the end of the course, the researchers chose three of the discussion sections to be the "chocolate group." students in these three sections were offered chocolate prior to having them fill out course evaluations. students in the other three sections were not offered chocolate. the researchers concluded that "overall, students offered chocolate gave more positive evaluations than students not offered chocolate." indicate whether the study is an observational study or an experiment. give a brief explanation for your choice.