In the period after 1900, the role of the state in the economy varied, with many states adopting policies to control or manage their economies. Its supposed to be an essay and I don't know how to answer. Help???

An important skill for the beginning home inspector is a. familiarity with reading electric meters. b. good telephone interviewing technique. c. experience in issuing building permits. d. ability to interpret building codes.

Which of the following is an advantage of pure capitalism

1) earth's crust is made up of relatively rigid plates that ride atop earth's hot, semiliquid mantle. (2) the plates are called tectonic because they're in constant motion. (3) they can move because earth's mantle is a very hot and semiliquid fluid called magma. (4) volcanoes are a result of magma rising up or erupting through a plate, particularly where plate boundaries are moving against each other. (5) also, when plates slide against each other, causing friction along adjacent plate boundaries, earthquakes frequently occur. (6) therefore, we often find volcanoes and earthquakes along plate boundaries. (7) plates may also collide. (8) when that happens, mountain ranges are formed. (9) for example, the collision of the plate carrying the indian subcontinent created the himalayan mountains when it collided with the asian plate. 2. which sentence in this passage introduces a new topic that might begin a new paragraph? a. sentence 5 b. sentence 4 c. sentence 7 d. sentence 6