-What Constitutional Issue Was Central to Both Cherokee Nation V

question 35

Multiple Choice

-What constitutional issue was central to both Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1830) and
Worcester v. Georgia (1832) ?

• A) Can Indian land be located within the borders of a U.S. state?
• B) Can the United States change the terms of its treaty with the Cherokee?
• C) Which has authority over Indian land: state law or federal law?
• D) Are the Cherokee a sovereign nation or subjects of the United States?

Understand horizontal gene transfer and its exclusion from mechanisms that drive speciation.

Understand the concepts and mechanisms of speciation, including sympatric and allopatric speciation.

Describe the role of genetic variation and natural selection in the evolution of species.

Explain the significance of reproductive isolating mechanisms in the speciation process.

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Dependent Variable

A variable in an experiment or model that is expected to change in response to manipulations of the independent variable(s).

Independent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effect on the dependent variable.