In many older cemeteries, you can often find headstones made of slate. in viewing these headstones today, the lettering is as sharp and clear as the day it was cut. however, many marble headstone inscriptions are illegible. what property of slate allows it to survive the test of time?

Clay minerals in the slate make it extremely resistant to weathering.

Explanation:

In older cemeteries there are still headstones today that are still unharmed by the weather.These headstones are still as sharp and clear as the day they were created. These headstones are made of slate.Slate contains some amount of clay minerals , these clay minerals in the slate makes the headstone extremely resistant to weathering.

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.