Can you identify areas within a culture, such as employment, that show a disproportionate number of men versus women? Thinking of your home region, are women afforded opportunity or are they denied influence in the public arena?

Which quality ensures that you are in a better position to represent yourself

Analyze and evaluate the motivation and the rationale behind western expansion through the louisiana purchase that took hold in the united states at the start of the 19th century (long essay question)

Choose the description that best matches each word. write the correct letter in the blank. 1. ostinato a. large, extended composition for chorus and orchestra 2. atonality b. full orchestra 3. musicology c. festive, march-like opening to a play or “semi-opera” 4. concerto d. small group of solo instruments 5. minimalism e. music contrasting a full orchestra and solo instruments 6. art song f. music played under the action to influence the mood 7. strophic form g. a vocal song focusing on artistic expression 8. incidental h. each stanza of a poem is set to the same music 9. oratorio i. repeated musical pattern that provides unity to a piece 10. dissonance j. steady beat; simple harmonies; short, repetitive melody 11. concertino k. harsh, unstable sounding of pitches; harmonic tension 12. tutti l. all 12 tones of chromatic scale, no tonal center 13. entrada m. the historical and scientific study of music