Angela asked someone she worked with "How are you?" and she was surprised when her coworker told her she was in the middle of a divorce. Angela walked away thinking her coworker was inappropriate and rude. The misunderstanding in this interaction was caused by

a. chronemics
b. syntactics
c. semantics
d. pragmatics

Globalization is the process of the world becoming more connected. like any process that involves economic choices, it has positive and negative consequences. (essay prompt)

Aprovision of the general agreement on tariffs and trade treaty (gatt)increased taxes on services between the us, mexico, and canada. reduced international tariffs on industrial goods by forty percent. increased us tariffs on agricultural products by forty percent. ended taxes on goods traded by the us, mexico, and canada.

Why is the netherlands vulnerable to changes in climate? a. the netherlands is against nuclear power. b. forests in the netherlands have been destroyed by acid rain. c. the netherlands wrote the kyoto protocols. d. the netherlands is low-lying country, and rising sea levels may cause flooding.