Before the Arrival of Columbus,the Taíno Lived Under the Authority

question 58

Multiple Choice

Before the arrival of Columbus,the Taíno lived under the authority of

• A) Aztec diplomats.
• B) local chiefs.
• C) a priestly class.
• D) a single monarch.
• E) groups of democratic councils of elders.

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Definitions:

EPSP

Excitatory postsynaptic potential; a temporary increase in postsynaptic membrane potential caused by the flow of positively charged ions into the postsynaptic cell, making it more likely for a neuron to fire.

IPSP

Inhibitory postsynaptic potential, a type of synaptic potential that makes a neuron less likely to generate an action potential.

Action Potential

A rapid rise and subsequent fall in voltage or membrane potential across a cellular membrane, momentarily allowing the cell to become depolarized.

Depolarization

The process by which the electrical charge of a cell membrane becomes less negative, leading to the generation of an action potential in neurons.