How did the beliefs of followers of the Theravada and Mahayana branches of Buddhism differ? How did their positions reflect differing ideas about the likelihood of their followers achieving nirvana?
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a. enslave Africans. b. encounter Africans. c. reach the New World. d. sail around Africa to India. e. sail around the world.
Which of the following is the most likely explanation of the evidence presented by MacNell and colleagues (2015) study on gender bias in teaching evaluations?
A. Gender bias in teaching evaluations is driven by explicit, conscious sexism. B. Instructor evaluations are biased by gender stereotypes outside of students’ awareness. C. Bias in evaluations favoring men is mainly driven by the attitudes of male students. D. Individualistic, Western culture increases gender bias in teaching evaluations favoring men.
According to the article, under a critical public and media eye, ______ walk a ?ne line in terms of their engagement in “sexualized” performances, perpetually risking harsh condemnation and concomitant falls in popularity.
A. male artists B. female artists C. both male and female artists D. gender nonconforming artists
Who financed the first conquests of Siberian lands?
A) the Romanovs B) the Stroganov family C) the Orthodox Church D) the princes of Moscow