<span>The word-skipping technique relies on the fact that it's a good idea to skip unfamiliar words in a passage in order to focus on the main idea of the passage. Basically, to make sure the overall outcome is understanding the entire passage as a whole, it is best to skip the words you are unaware of and analyze them later. Often times, as you read the entire passage in full and grasp the main idea, you are able to make sense of the </span>unfamiliar words.
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1. <span>D) to lessen the instance of military abuse of power
2. </span><span>D) The DHS took over as the head of armed forces and intelligence agencies
3.</span><span> D) It allows the intelligence agencies to specialize in certain fields</span>
It is not an economic activity - it's linguistic in nature, not economic.
It is not linguistics either - linguistics is a scientific discipline.
It's also not a culture region - this would be a kind of region, and a region is not the same as spread of culture.
The correct answer is "a) cultural diffusion.
