Maria had never really thought much about her Italian heritage until she became friends with Aylin, an American of Middle Eastern descent. Through interaction with Aylin's family, Maria gradually began to realize that many of her own behaviors were culturally determined. In this scenario, Maria's experience illustrates the imperative for studying intercultural communication.

This question lacks options, options are:

A) self-awareness

B) peace

C) economic

D) technological.  

The correct answer is A.

Explanation:

The phenomenon of intercultural communication is the result of the contact of cultures (ethnic and national groups with their different languages). Self-awareness is the ability to recognize the own feelings, behaviors and characteristics. A person has greater cognitive intercultural competence when she/he has a high degree of self-awareness. Which implies knowledge, understanding and awareness of one's own cultural and communicative elements, and of other cultures, that promote effective communication. This effectiveness is based on the degree of understanding acceptable to the people in interaction.

answer; (b) ; /stronger bonds between the nations of africa

the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)