Which of the following statements about education in South Asia is true? A. School attendence in India has improved in recent years. B. India’s literacy rate exceeds 90%. C. Over 95% of students attend school past age 15 in Pakistan. D. The literacy rate is higher for women than men throughout the region.

What is the result of the greenhouse effect? a. heat is deflected from the atmosphere. b. heat is released from the atmosphere. c. heat is kept in the atmosphere. d. plants are able to grow in the tropics where the air is the heaviest.

One of the brightest comets of the 20th century was comet hyakutake, which passed close to the sun in early 1996. the orbital period of this comet is estimated to be about 30,000 years. find the semi-major axis of this comet’s orbit. compare it to the average sun-pluto distance and to the distance to alpha centauri, the nearest star to the sun, which is 4.3 light-years distant.

Name the two rivers that run through the fertile crescent. how were the rivers both positive and negative to societies of the fertile crescent?