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Cultura (7 points total)  Based on the cultural information in Nuestro Mundo: Panoramas in chapters 1 & 2 as well as some cultural topics we have covered together as a class, circle the answer that best completes the sentence (1 point each, 7 pts. Total)   1. [blank1] es una lengua oficial que se habla en España (que NO es español).   2. La ciudad “perdida” de [blank2] es una civilización antigua de las incas en Perú.   3. La corrida de toros es una tradición originalmente de [blank3].  4. Los [blank4] famosos de Guatemala son una tradición milenaria de las mujeres mayas.  5. Se usa el voseo (vos) en los paises diferentes de latinoamérica en vez del tuteo (tú). La conjugación correcta de “hablar” en el voseo es: [blank5]. 6. In some Latin American countries, they use the noun endings “-e/es” or “-x/xs” instead of the traditional “-o/os/a/as”. For example, “Los chicos” or “Las chicas” changes to > “Les chiques”. “Los latinos” or “Las latinas” changes to > “Lxs latinxs”. The “-e/es” or “-x/xs” endings are [blank6]. 7. Se usan el vosotros (por ejemplo: “vosotros habláis”) en [blank7].  

Patient RC (37 years old, weight 56 kg) has been diagnosed with a moderate asthma attack. Her regular medications are: Salbutamol pressurised metered dose inhaler 100 micrograms/puff 2 puffs when required Beclometasone (QVAR) inhaler 200 micrograms/puff 1 puff twice daily What would be the MOST APPROPRIATE treatment option for Patient RC?

Statins are considered a Category A mediation for pregnant patients

“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   During the constitutional ratification process, Anti-Federalists’ concerns, as described in the excerpt, were most directly addressed by an agreement to    

  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