100 Points :) 1. In what ways did Mobutu elevate and protect his status as the leader of the DRC?
2. What was Mobutu’s approach to economic policies in the DRC? (b) What are the Congo’s main industries, imports/exports, and sources of wealth? (c) Who did these policies help and who did these policies hurt?
3. Why was the DRC and Mobutu seen as a valuable asset by the United States and Russia during the Cold War?
4. What are 3 examples of Mobutu’s kleptocracy (stealing from one’s own country to enrich oneself)?
5. How and why did the government in the DRC disintegrate? Why do you think there has been so much political turmoil in this region?

Writing prompt: read the article, “ending school segregation in the us.” why is the event described in the article taught in schools today? what are the lasting lessons that we can learn from studying this event? support your response with textual evidence. 1. read the article. 2. consider the answers to the questions. 3. use the race graphic organizer to organize your thoughts. 4. construct a paragraph using the race writing including textual evidence (see textual evidence notes for assistance with how to include this information) from the article and answers to the question. 5. check for capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.

It is widely assumed that people need to engage in intellectual activities such as solving crossword puzzles or mathematics problems in order to maintain mental sharpness as they age. in fact, however, simply talking to other people—that is, participating in social interaction, which engages many mental and perceptual skills—suffices. evidence to this effect comes from a study showing that the more social contact people report, the better their mental skills. which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the force of the evidence cited? (a) as people grow older, they are often advised to keep exercising their physical and mental capacities in order to maintain or improve them. (b) many medical conditions and treatments that adversely affect a person's mental sharpness also tend to increase that person's social isolation. (c) many people are proficient both in social interactions and in solving mathematical problems. (d) the study did not itself collect data but analyzed data bearing on the issue from prior studies. (e) the tasks evaluating mental sharpness for which data were compiled by the study were more akin to mathematics problems than to conversation.

The term that best captures the role of adults caring for infants and toddlers is: