The Bahia, Brazil, development project in which loans were given to fishing-boat owners is an example of how some development projects can actually widen wealth disparities instead of increasing equity.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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Demographic-transition theory assumes a close connection between which of the following?
A. fertility/mortality rates and socioeconomic development B. birth control methods and infant mortality C. sustainable development and foreign investment by multinational corporations D. advanced, industrial societies and poor, preindustrial societies
Which are perhaps the most important medical practitioners in societies lacking full-time occupational specialization?
a. priests b. shamans c. physicians d. sorcerers
A ________ features differential access to resources based on social stratification
A. chiefdom B. band C. clan D. tribe E. state
How would you best characterize a subculture?
A) It is a dominant cultural group within a society that does not hold a majority of the population. B) It is a group within a dominant society that does not share the society's norms and values. C) It is a cultural group that is oppressed and subordinated by a dominant culture. D) It is a cultural group made up of immigrants into a dominant society who do not speak the same language or have the same culture. E) It is a group that manages and guides all political and social decisions within a state society.