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Unit 3 - Individual Project 
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Type: Individual ProjectUnit:  Systems of Religion and Politics Due Date:  Sun, 1/24/16 Grading Type: NumericPoints Possible:  150 Points Earned:  0 Deliverable Length:  3-4 double-spaced pages, not including cover page and reference page View objectives for this assignment
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Select a country from the following list, and do some research into both the political history and the religious history of the country:

Japan
North Korea
Iraq
Syria
Afghanistan
Egypt
Write an essay in which you complete the following:

Explain the general evolutionary lines of both the governmental and religious cultural histories of the country, giving probable reasons for evolutionary trends that you see.
Analyze the ways in which the two lines of cultural tradition—government and religion—interact with each other. What influence does one have over the other?
Discuss the significance of religion and government on other characteristics of the country’s culture.
What influences and impacts do you see on the overall culture, both social and business, of the religious and political interactions?
What have been the primary influences on the people and their culture?
How do you think recent events affecting the people of the country have their roots in what you have learned about historical cultural trends in religion and government?
It is not necessary to follow APA document format, but you must use APA reference and citation format, for the sources you use to support your explanations and arguments.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

Please submit your assignment.

Grading Rubric

Purpose of Assignment and Content Development

Demonstrates an outstanding use of appropriate, relevant, and compelling content with excellent expression of topic, main idea, and purpose.

Demonstrates exemplary knowledge or analysis of human perspectives appropriate to the assignment’s purpose and context.

Graphics accurately reflect the assignment requirements.

30%

Organization, Grammar, and Presentation

Organization is clear.

Language clearly and effectively communicates ideas and content relevant to the assignment.

Presentation and delivery are confident and persuasive (where applicable).

Audience, style, tone, and perspective are consistent and appropriate to assignment.

Format is consistently appropriate to assignment, and follows assignment requirements.

Few if any errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure.

30%

Information Literacy and Research

Demonstrates outstanding selection and use of high quality, credible, and relevant sources to develop ideas that are appropriate to the assignment.

Sources are consistently cited according to required style sheet (e.g., APA), with no errors beyond punctuation. Manuscript style is completely correct, according to style sheet guidelines.

5%

Critical Thinking

Demonstrates outstanding or exemplary ability to analyze assumptions and evaluate evidence, complexities of issues, and alternatives. Where required, demonstrates outstanding or exemplary ability to use creativity and originality in problem solving.

35%

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