(MC)Three Western powers—the United States, France, and the United Kingdom—were original members of SEATO, the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. Why would those powers have joined a mutual defense organization in Southeast Asia?

(HC)The passage below is an excerpt from leaflets dropped on Japanese cities after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima: ecause of your leaders’ refusal to accept the surrender declaration that would enable Japan to honorably end this useless war, we have employed our atomic bomb. The Soviet Union, because of this rejection on the part of the military, has notified your Ambassador Sato that it has declared war on your nation. Thus, all powerful countries of the world are now at war with you. Source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/truman-leaflets What did the United States hope would result from this leaflet?

(HC) Library of Congress – Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:055-4 What does this cartoon suggest about American neutrality at the beginning of World War II?

40. A middle adult patient presents to the emergency room with unexplained fatigue and frequent infections. Upon examination, the physician suspects a disruption in the process of hematopoiesis. Which of the following best describes hematopoiesis?

Below are three essay prompts. Choose two of these to answer and write an essay length response. These should have an introductory and concluding paragraph and multiple paragraphs in the body. They should be significantly more substantive than the short answer. Use examples where needed to explain your points. They are worth 20 points each.

Pick one of Aquinas’ Five Ways and explain it. Then pose an objection to the argument and explain how Thomas Aquinas or someone sympathetic to the argument might respond to the objection.

During this stage of meiosis, homologous chromosomes line up in pairs along the middle of the cell.

What statement is TRUE regarding the pedigree seen below? Assume this family has a disorder that is a sex-linked recessive disorder, and the shaded individuals are affected by the disorder. Female are Circle, Males are Squares

Regular cell division (mitosis) produces two daughter cells that are genetically identical. This type of cell division is important for all of the following functions EXCEPT

Match the stage of mitosis to the correct letter from the picture below. mitosis.png