Today, many languages have the following in common:
-They came from nomadic pastoral people.
-Old languages developed and evolved into new languages.
-They have many cognates in common.
-One-third of the world's language come from a single language family.
-They developed in tidal waves.

What can be inferred about shirley chisholm based on the fact that she protested the amount of money america spent on the vietnam war while suffering citizens were hungry, poorly educated, and living in unsatisfactory conditions? a. she had an intense interest in education because she had been a teacher before becoming a politician. b. she could identify with the suffering citizens because of her childhood growing up during the great depression. c. she had a sincere belief that the government should provide for the well being of needy americans before focusing on the needs of other countries. d. she disapproved of the military because of the dominant role of men in that institution.

Padma has written a paper on the effects of the black death, a plague that struck europe in 1347 and killed millions of people. she focused on three major results of the plague: • a smaller population after the plague led to higher wages and greater independence for workers. • the power of the catholic church weakened because so many members had died and others had lost their faith. • a lack of farm workers led more people to raise livestock rather than planting crops, changing the european diet. read her conclusion: it does not seem right to say that an experience as horrifying as the black death had any “good” sides. still, the changes that followed the plague improved the lives of peasants. people who had previously lived in poverty, forced to work for a single employer, now had higher wages and the freedom to change jobs. even so, the continent had been devastated and would take many years to recover. which statement best evaluates her conclusion? a. the conclusion effectively summarizes all the writer’s main points. b. the conclusion is engaging, but it introduces an unnecessary new idea. c. the conclusion is engaging, but only summarizes one of the writer’s points. d. the conclusion is engaging but it does not summarize any of the writer’s main points.

We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. let the word go forth from this time and place, to friends and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans-born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage-and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which we are committed today at home and around the world. let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear by burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.