List some important facts about India’s population size and density, its languages, its history, and the influence of the general geography of South Asia on India
What will be an ideal response?
- India's more than one billion people live in an area one-third the size of the United States.
- "The country hosts fifteen major languages, almost as many alphabets, and many regional dialects."
- "It is the world's largest democracy."
- "Its continuous history . . . stretches back five thousand years and beyond . . ."
- South Asia including India is a "huge diamond cut off from neighboring lands . . ."
- Perhaps owing to its isolating geography, greater India has developed distinct cultures and life-ways.
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Describe the technique and effect of mosaic in Byzantine churches
What will be an ideal response?
Specialization in the sciences was also affected by
a. An economy increasingly dependent upon scientific research b. An economy increasingly dependent upon the disciplines c. Interdisciplinarity
The text states that Madonna's most ground-breaking aspect of her career is her:
a. stand on religious issues b. position of complete control of her career c. virtuosic musicality d. advocacy of minority rights issues
1. Although the lectures emphasized the importance of inside-out change, the lectures also explained the value of outside-in change. What is the function of dislocating experiences in the context of outside-in change?
a. Therapists taking advantage of a “dislocating experience” will primarily help a client feel comfortable with his/her life circumstances. b. Dislocating experiences are the result of a born-again experience. b. Dislocating experiences rarely lead to self-analysis. c. Sometimes a traumatic personal experience can cause a client to look at deeper issues of the heart.