According to Scheper-Hughes in "Mother's Love: Death Without Weeping,"
the doctors and clergy of the Brazilian city of Bom Jesus de Mata worked hard to save the lives of poor children born in the shantytown of Alto do Cruzeiro but failed because of the indifference of the infants' mothers.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
F
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A cabinet firm paid $5,000 for 10,000 pieces of cabinet hardware. The firm has used 4,000 pieces of hardware and is holding the remaining 6,000 pieces in inventory. The current market price for the 6,000 pieces of hardware is $2,800. What is the opportunity cost of holding the 6,000 pieces of hardware in inventory?
A) $4,000 B) $5,000 C) $3,000 D) $2,800
All of the following are true about the work of paleoanthropologists EXCEPT that they
A. study human evolution through the fossil record. B. do not have to worry about ethical and legal concerns, because they are dealing with the remains of dead humans. C. often work in a team with archaeologists. D. often work in another country (in the case of U.S. paleoanthropologists) and are required by the American Anthropological Association's Code of Ethics to establish truly collaborative relations with colleagues in that country. E. try to infer the relation between the physical and cultural features of the remains they are examining.
Which of the following is one of the primary differences between horticulture and agriculture?
A) Amount of capital investment B) Availability of land C) Use of human labor D) Planting of diverse crops E) Household diets
Which of the following is a reason that anti-immigration attitudes may spread?
a. Multilinguistic nations have a track record of failure. b. The lower and middle classes perceive themselves as suffering economically because of immigrants. c. Most immigrants have a past record of criminal behavior that endangers order in the new country. d. Most immigrants do not share prevailing heritage, values, and attitudes.