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38077Two assignment on one page with two different classes. The first is only 50 words

First assignment
This assignment is based upon the World Is Flat video. The World is Flat
Thomas Friedman
MIT Milestone Celebration | Keynote Address
Duration: (48:16)
User: mit – Added: 1/11/08
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcE2ufqtzyk

Question to Answer:
1) Friedman said, “There is no such thing as a(n) _______ ____ anymore.” First, fill-in the blank. Then explain using the textbook and video?
2) What is the theory of comparative advantage?
3) What is the theory of absolute advantage?

The second assignment, for the ART class.
(Assignment time expectation: 1-2 hours) Watch the video Art Through Time: A Global View-#6- Death at:

http://www.learner.org/courses/globalart/theme/6/index.html

Theme 6- Death video (30 minutes).

Then complete the corresponding assignment and submit under Assignment 2: Video
Answer the questions below. Please cite all sources in MLA format. Cut and paste your work after you have checked it with the Spellcheck function.
1. What does the concern for naturalism indicate about a culture’s beliefs concerning death and the afterlife?
2. Of the examples featured in the program, which of the death-related rituals, ceremonies, and funerary art were created for the living, and which were created for the deceased?
3. While tombs, coffins, cemeteries, grave markers, monuments, and other ceremonial objects were intended
to commemorate the dead, how have they also served political or
social purposes?
4. A memento mori is an image that serves as a reminder of the inevitability of death and the transience of
human life. While different types of images have served this purpose, skulls and skeletal figures are seen in
the art of different cultures. In viewing the featured art images in the program, how do the skulls or
skeletons in these works reflect different cultural views of life and death?
5. Certain objects were buried along with the deceased, such as the Book of the Dead in ancient Egypt, or the terracotta warriors buried with the Qin Emperor of China. What were the intended purposes of these objects?