Match the Term with the Definition

question 45

Multiple Choice

Match the term with the definition.
-Major campaign of attacks launched throughout South Vietnam in early 1968 by the North Vietnamese and Vietcong. A major turning point in the war, it exposed the credibility gap between official statements and the war's reality, and it shook Americans' confidence in the government.

• A)Agent Orange
• B)Apollo program
• C)Bay of Pigs
• D)Berlin Wall
• E)Cuban missile crisis
• F)détente
• G)Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• H)Helsinki accords
• I)Peace Corps
• J)Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
• K)Pentagon Papers
• L)Six-Day War
• M)Tet Offensive

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Definitions:

Evolution

The mechanism by which diverse species of organisms are considered to have emerged and varied from their predecessors over the course of the Earth's history.

Genetic Drift

A mechanism of evolution that causes allele frequencies to change randomly over time due to chance events.

Mutation

A permanent alteration in the DNA sequence that makes up a gene, leading to variability within populations and potentially to new traits or diseases.

Adaptive Evolution

The method by which populations adapt to their surroundings by evolving genetic characteristics across generations.