1. Compare and contrast the key similarities

1. Compare and contrast the key similarities and differences in President Roosevelt’s response to the Great Depression with President Hoover’s response. Examine whether Hoover or Roosevelt had the better economic plan to pull the country out of the Depression. Infer the fundamental reasons why the better plan succeeded while the other approach failed.2. Describe and identify at least one of the roots of Shinto, and explain why Shinto is not considered a religion. It has been said that a person is Shinto in the same way that he is Japanese. Identify at least two factors which would explain the close relationship between Shintoism and Japanese nationalism. 3. Suggest at least two reasons why an education is one way out of the poverty trap. Next, suggest significant overall strategies—aside from building more schools—that those in leadership positions in developing countries may use in order to help their people escape poverty through education.