Read the map. A map titled Physical Features of East Asia. A key shows Lowlands in green, Highlands in yellow, and mountains with brown triangles. The Gobi desert is in Mongolia north of China. The East China Sea and South China Sea form the China coast. The Taklimakan desert is in eastern China between the Himalaya Mountains to the south and the Gobi desert to the north. The Himalayas are along the southern border between China and India.

Which physical feature was the most difficult barrier to trade with India?

the Himalayas
the Gobi desert
the Yellow River
the Pacific Ocean

Which sentence best represents the thesis of this article? a they challenge us to consider whether we can trust what we are seeing. b optical illusions may seem mysterious, but they are not unexplainable. c through science, we can learn how optical illusions work. d let’s take a look at three common optical illusions and explore the science behind each one.

Asociologist wants to study a culture that occurs in some women’s prisons: “state families,” in which individual prisoners take on certain roles within a group of like-minded prisoners. there is previous evidence that younger prisoners will use older inmates who play the roles of grandparents as a resource before they will turn to staff for and advice. the lieutenant in charge of a dorm of long-term prisoners offers to gather volunteers to speak to the researcher and also offers to vouch for the integrity of the researcher. the use of this staff is: a valid use of a statistical technique referred to “snowball sampling” wherein the inclusion of the first subject leads to the recruitment of another one subject. a useful tactic in obtaining a sample of prisoners who both meet the criteria and who will be honest with the researcher. wrong and is prohibited; subject selection needs to be free from intervention by prison authorities or prisoners. acceptable only when the researcher’s irb grants a special waiver.

People with high cq motivation enjoy interacting with people from other cultures and are likely to deal with the stress of living in another culture. tend to negotiate more aggressively during negotiations. build cooperation by reciprocating information sharing during negotiations. are very good at leveraging the s& o model which they do by leveraging equivalent offers.