4. What does "karaoke" mean in Japanese?
5. How many earthquakes does Japan have each year?

Increased automation has increased demand for more manufacturing jobs as more workers are needed to run these machines hence having a higher demand for skilled manufacturing workers

Increased productivity jobs deceased the demand for manufacturing as less people are required to perform the same workload, providing a potential avenue for companies to cut costs.

Moving to foreign countries will increase the demand for manufacturing jobs in the home country as manufacturing plants move to areas of lower production costs. However moving to foreign countries will decrease demand for manufacturing jobs in host countries.

Decreased productivity. Increasing demand for manufacturing jobs. Opposite of explanation above.

Decreased automation. Increase demand for manufacturing jobs as more workers are needed to carry out the more tedious tasks which are not automated

Answer: B. The narrator thinks less of her mother because she is too rigid and does not take risks.

Explanation: In "Safety in Numbers" we are presented the mother of the narrator who is a Chinese woman established in America and extremely strict with her daughter's studies, besides being an extremely cautious person and committed to not taking any risks.
The narrator thinks that the life that her mother stipulated and that imposes on all family members is a mediocre life, especially when she discovers that her mother was a great activist who fought against the Chinese government and took a great risk of life.
The narrator believes that her mother's life has become small because she is very strict and is not at risk.

Natural handshapes

Because the unmarked set uses either all of the fingers in a range of joint configu- rations (i.e., B, A, S, C, O, 5) or solely the extended index finger.

Answer: Marsha earns the most money per item sold because her line increases at a faster rate than Dreya’s.

Explanation:
The statement that best explains who earns the most money per item sold is -
Although Dreya started at a higher point of salary, Marsha showed a higher rate of growth. This is possible only if she earns higher money per item sold. Dreya started at a much higher rate than Marsha but Marsha matched herself with Dreya's earning at the end of the week.

Answer: b. Amal is not ashamed of her wealth, but Marjane is.

Explanation:
"Does my head look big in this?" is a book written by Randa Abdel-Fattas and it is about the conflict of Amal Mohamed Nasrullah Abdel-Hakim and her own identity as Muslim and Aussie. "Persepolis" is a graphic novel written and drawn by Marjane Satrapi, who narrates different stages of her life, from the Islamic Revolution in Teheran to her adulthood in Europe and the difficult transtion.
In both excerpts we can see how the characters notice their differences, Amal describes several ways she's been marked and Marjane knows her family is wealthy. It also seems both of them care about appearences in one way or another (the clothes, the Cadillac), and both are facing and identity conflict (from religion to economics), making letter B correct, since we can see in the excertp that Marjane is ashamed of her father's car, since ir is a sign of why people were unhappy; on the other hand, Amal mentions things like the Gucci shades as if they were nothing since her conflict is different.

Answer and explanation:
We can see several characteristics of an epic hero in Odysseus.
Let's start with the fact that Odysseus belonged to royalty, since he was the king of Itaca. Generally, epic heroes have royal, noble blood, just like Odysseus. Furthermore, he is a warrior, strong and honorable. He faces his battles with dignity and with strong leadership, which causes the admiration of many men who follow him.
Other characteristics of an epic hero that we can find in Odysseus are his beauty, bravery, wisdom, honesty, strength and the ability to travel through exotic and different places, so that he can achieve his goals.

It is L*W*H.
Width times Height.
2*6*3=36cm^2.

Answer: 36cm^2.

Answer: Thomas Paine personifies America as a woman, by referring to the nation as "her, she" etc.

Explanation: Personification is the giving of human or living attributes to non-living things or abstract ideas. In other words, when non-human things are given human characteristics, it is not as personification.
Thomas Paine uses numerous rhetorical devices in his "American Crisis", one of which is personification. He personifies America as a woman, a lady in his statement "America did not, nor does not want force; but she wanted a proper application of that force." (The Crisis I)
He again uses this same personification in chapter II, "Perhaps you thought America too was taking a nap, and therefore chose, like Satan to Eve, to whisper the delusion softly, lest you should awaken her."
Such personifications help imagine the country as a person, and easy to relate to the issues troubling the great nation.