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Describe the values articulated in the Confucianism text.  What do these values tell you about ancient China?  Describe the values in the Buddhism text.  What do they tell you about the values of ancient India?  Be sure to cite some of each text in your answer.

Choose whether the passage below contains a run-on sentence or if all sentences are structured correctly.  Oscar was not hungry, he had already eaten dinner. The chef was offended by the plate of food left on the table. 

Choose whether the passage below contains a run-on sentence or if all sentences are structured correctly.   English professors are of two minds about plagiarism. They create regulations that punish students for borrowing language from another text, however, they agree that no writing is fully original. 

Choose whether the passage below contains a run-on sentence or if all sentences are structured correctly.  Articles in the two magazines offer new ways to examine the debate over globalization. In “The American Prospect,” Benjamin R. Barber writes that discussions about globalization have focused on businesses and governments. Excluding the role of citizen-led groups.

What are the “Believer’s Duties” as spelled out by the Koran?  How does the Koran define or describe “Righteousness”? Be sure to use direct quotes from the text to support your answers.

“Shown here is a version of the Three Store Atkinson-Shiffrin Memory model. Label each of the numbered items from the model by choosing the correct name from the drop down boxes, below. 1: [box1] 2: [box2] 3: [box3] 4: [process4] 5: [process5]”

Show only the final result. You are interested in buying a piece of real property that could be worth $50,000 in 10 years. Assuming that your money is worth 4%, how much would you be willing to pay for the property? Present your final answer in whole cents (or two digits after the decimal point).

Show only the final result. What equal annual series of payments must be paid into a sinking fund to accumulate $10,000 in 10 years at 4% compounded annually? Present your final answer in whole cents (or two digits after the decimal point).

A tree is worth $100 today.  If its values increases 10% per year, the tree’s worth after 25 years is most nearly.

Purpose: Write a researched essay that considers how your family and personal history has been shaped by place. What stories have you been told about your family’s identity as Americans or as another identity group living in America? Compare that story to one or more of the stories we have read in class. What do they share? Where do they differ? What does that tell us about the American Dream, American identity, and national identity formation in general?