Textul de mai jos a fost reprodus dintr-un roman popular despre viaţa lui alexandru cel mare cu mare circulaţie în secolul al xvtii-lea, în ţările române. compară, într-un eseu de circa o pagină, viziunea populară despre regele macedonean, cu aceea din balada lui doinaş precum şi cu descrierea din vieţi paralele a lui plutarh, de la pag. 186.

What conclusion can be drawn from the information in the chart? a) africa's total number of hiv/aids cases makes up close to 20% of the world's total aids cases. b) poverty and lack of education are the only factors that have pushed the african aids rate to 6.1%. eliminate c) a major challenge facing african governments is finding a way to effectively combat the aids epidemic. d) north american aids rates are lower than the worldwide rate because of extensive government intervention and spending.

Most sociologists agree that: a. culture is central in shaping gender roles, but only in preliterate societies. b. biological factors have some influence, but cultural factors are more important determinants of gender roles. c. biological factors are influential in determining gender roles, but only in industrial or complex societies. d. biological factors only explain differences between men and women with regard to aggression and disease. e. there is no difference between the influences of culture or biology on the development of gender roles, as they are unpredictable.

Which statement is a good description of a model? a) models are a description of nature based only on one or two variables. b) models are testable ideas but they are not very to most people. c) models are a description of nature that predicts more accurately than real events. d) models are an approximiation of a real system that omits all but most essential variables in a system.