You Are the Leader of an Impoverished Country That Has

question 58

Essay

You are the leader of an impoverished country that has recently won independence. You struggle to find settlers for your country's farthest northern province, because your people fear attacks from indigenous peoples there. Meanwhile, a wealthier country to the northeast is sending thousands of settlers into neighboring lands, and you worry that they may soon try to take the northern territory by force. They speak a different language and have different customs. An advisor suggests that you invite settlers from that country into your northern province, giving them free land in exchange for promises of loyalty. What will you do? Provide evidence or examples from the textbook to justify your decisions..

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Definitions:

Resting Potential

The electrical charge across the neuronal membrane when the neuron is not actively transmitting signals.

Refractory Period

The time right after a stimulus when a nerve or muscle cannot respond to additional stimulation.

Positive Charge

An electrical charge possessed by protons, which is opposite in sign to the charge carried by electrons.

Action Potential

A brief electrical impulse by which information is transmitted along the axon of a neuron.