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  Which of the following was NOT a cause to the development of the town structure seen above?  

SECTION C. GRAMÁTICA 2.  ¡A conocernos! You’re getting to know a bit more about Ana and David, your possible roommates. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words to complete the comparisons of equality and inequality. (6 pts; 1pt/question; partial credit will be awarded for partially correct answers) 1. David toma cuatro clase en la universidad y Ana toma dos. David toma [word1] clases [word2] Ana. 

  Which of the following contributed most to the changes shown in the graph?

“The Anti-Federalists charged that the authors of the Constitution had failed to put up strong enough barriers to block this inevitably corrupting and tyrannical force. They painted a very black picture indeed of what the national representatives might and probably would do with the unchecked power conferred upon them under the provisions of the new Constitution. . . . But [the Anti-Federalists] lacked both the faith and the vision to extend their principles nationwide.” Cecelia M. Kenyon, “Men of Little Faith: The Anti-Federalists on the Nature of Representative Government,” 1955   By the 1790s the idea of the Anti-Federalists contributed most directly to the  

    Which of the following factors most directly contributed to the change between the two periods shown in the graph?

“The Americas were discovered in 1492, and the first Christian settlements established by the Spanish the following year…. [I]t would seem… that the Almighty selected this part of the world as home to the greater part of the human race…. [T]heir delicate constitutions make them unable to withstand hard work or suffering and render them liable to succumb to almost any illness, no matter how mild. . . . It was upon these gentle lambs… that, from the very first day they clapped eyes on them, the Spanish fell like ravening wolves upon the fold, or like tigers and savage lions who have not eaten meat for days. . . . The native population, which once numbered some five hundred thousand, was wiped out by forcible expatriation to the island of Hispaniola.” Bartolomé de Las Casas, 1552   In their colonization of the Americas, the Spanish used the encomienda system to

“I conceive there lies a clear rule… that the elder women should instruct the younger and then I must have a time wherein I must do it. “If any come to my house to be instructed in the ways of God what rule have I to put them away?” “The power of the Holy Spirit dwelleth perfectly in every believer, and the inward revelations of her own spirit, and the conscious judgment of her own mind are of authority paramount to any word of God.”                                                                                                                         Anne Hutchinson, 1630s   The ideas expressed in the excerpts have the most in common with which of the following?

“Thirty or forty persons, mostly lads, being by this means gathered in King Street, Captain Preston with a party of men with charged bayonets, came from the main guard to the commissioner’s house, the soldiers pushing their bayonets, crying, make way! They took place by the custom house and, continuing to push to drive the people off, pricked some in several places, on which they were clamorous and, it is said, threw snow balls. On this, the Captain commanded them to fire; and more snow balls coming, he again said, damn you, fire, be the consequence what it will! One soldier then fired, and a townsman with a cudgel struck him over the hands with such force that he dropped his firelock; and, rushing forward, aimed a blow at the Captain’s head which grazed his hat and fell pretty heavy upon his arm. However, the soldiers continued the fire successively till seven or eight or, as some say, eleven guns were discharged.”                                                                                                                    Boston Gazette Article, 1770   Tensions, such as the one above, were created because of:  

6. Ana y David pasan mucho tiempo socializando con sus amigos. Ana es [word1] extrovertida [word2] David. 

In “The Lotos-Eaters,” the phrases “languid air,” “weary dream,” and “slow-dropping” create a sense of