If the _____ Is Damaged, People Lose Their Ability to Understand

question 142

Multiple Choice

If the _____ is damaged, people lose their ability to understand jokes, irony, sarcasm, and the overall context in which something is said.

• A)left hemisphere
• B)right hemisphere
• C)amygdala
• D)corpus callosum

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Definitions:

Fugitive Slave Act

1850 law that gave the federal government authority in cases involving runaway slaves; aroused considerable opposition in the North.

Federal Commissioners

Officials appointed by the federal government to oversee specific areas of administration, regulation, or enforcement in various fields.

Free Soil Party

A short-lived political party in the United States (1848–1854) focused on opposing the expansion of slavery into the Western territories, advocating for "free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men."

Homesteads

Land and the dwelling (or dwellings) on that land where a family makes its home, historically associated with government grants to settlers for farming in the American West.