Ineed for quiz pls : 1. what is the hajj? a. yearly trip to the town you were born in b. a palace in israel c. pilgrimage to mecca 2. why is mecca important? a. it is not that important really b. it is the birthplace of muhammad c. it is where the qur’an was written down 3. what is sharia? a. muslim legal code made from islamic beliefs b. directions given by god on how to live your life c. a path to reach heaven 4. islam is… question 5 options: a. the world’s second largest religion b. often misunderstood by people on the outside c. both of the above

The photo shows a shopping mall in beijing, china. inside, there are food sites selling pizza and hamburgers and closing stores selling blue jeans and basketball sneakers. these items have become popular around the world because

We we ask what a text means, we are inquiring, at least in part, about its a general idea or insight conveyed by the word in its entirety.

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?