Social Science Questions & Answers

They are found in the African Continent. The Tuareg are Muslim nomads who inhabit the Sahara. Ashantis live in the dense forests of West Africa. The tall Masai people herd cattle on the open plains of Kenya.

If you want to sound extremely clever you can confuse your friends by telling them that the real name for truffles is Ascomycetes. That’s what the botanists call them. But you are most likely to come across truffles in the very best French pates-for examples, in the famous pates of the Perigord region of France. The Perigord truffles becomes famous …

Blue whales are the largest living animals. They are cosmopolitan creatures and are found in most of the seas, from the polar caps to the equator. Normally those which inhabit the colder seas will migrate to warmer waters in winter. Their dimensions are almost beyond belief. Although figures can never be quite accurate, a blue whale can weigh more than …

You would find a Red Giant on the Sierra Nevada mountains of California in North America. It is a huge redwood tree, called a giant sequoia. These trees, members of the conifer family, are the largest in the world and grow to a height of 300 feet. They have a very hard, reddish brown wood and a thick, very rough …

Numerous fossil remains have been found of coelacanth fish which died over 70 million years ago. In fact the coelacanth is said to have first appeared some 350 million years ago. But to the amazement of experts the first living coelacanth was found in 1938 of the coast of South Africa. In 1952 a second one was caught on a …

In tropical America and the Southern United States. The Black Widow is one of the most poisonous of all the spiders, the female having a deadly bite which is not always counteracted by a person being given anti-poison serum…so beware the Black Window!

It is said that hookahs in a sophisticated fashion were first used in Persia during the reign of Shah Jamashap, but gypsies and bedouin tribes used it in a crude form since ancient times all over West Asia. In ancient India, tobacco smoking was common, and the chillum and hookah were popular. It was made from empty coconut shells and …

The wheel is one of man’s most important inventions, but no one is sure, how, when, or where it was first developed. It is probable that early in man’s development, the idea came to someone of using a tree trunk as a huge roller for moving heavy objects. We do have proof that, by 3500 BC, the wheel was in …

The ancient board game of Pachisi was first played in India, and is still the national game. The modren version, called Parcheesi, is based on its Indian predecessor.

The Tower of London, which stands on the north bank of the River Thames in London, is a mediaeval castle and includes and ancient fortress, a prison, an early Norman chapel and former royal residence. The group of buildings is surrounded by a high stone wall and a moat. The Tower Today is a peaceful place, a showplace and museum …