Early South American civilizations shared some important cultural practices. They practiced their religions in a similar way, and they used some of the same artistic methods. Early South American civilizations also had a lot in common with the civilizations that first developed in other parts of the world. Select two regions from the map and compare the early civilizations in those regions to early civilizations in South America. Then explain why you think civilizations that never had contact with one another had so much in common. Your answer should be two paragraphs long.

Astudy that involves interviews of adults is eligible for expedited review. the researcher wants to add an adolescent population (aged 12 to 17) to the study and has designed a parental permission and assent process. no additional changes are planned. which of the following statements about review of the revised protocol is accurate? the research would only be eligible for expedited review if the adolescents are capable of understanding the same consent forms used for the adult population.the research would only be eligible for expedited review if the adolescents have been declared to be emancipated minors.the new research would need full review by a convened irb because children are a protected population.unless the nature of the questions would raise the level of risk to > minimal for adolescents, the research would still qualify for expedited review.

Aresearcher conducting behavioral research collects individually identifiable sensitive information about illicit drug use and other illegal behaviors by surveying college students. one of the subjects is in an automobile accident two weeks after participating in the research study. is this an example of an unanticipated problem that requires reporting to the irb? yes, this must be reported because it was not listed as a risk of study participation in the consent form (was unexpected) and the subject experienced harm.yes, this must be reported because it involved a subject in a research study and it’s up to the irb to determine if it was related to participation.no, this does not need to be reported because it was assessed by the researcher as unrelated to the research study.no, this does not need to be reported to the irb since the researcher reported it to the sponsor of the study.

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?