Which of the following are true about the AIDS epidemic in Africa?
a. Over half of the 25 million people living with AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa are women.
b. Infection by HIV has decreased by 25 percent in about half the countries in sub-Saharan Africa between 2000 and 2009.
c. Sub-Saharan Africa has easily dealt with obstacles to treating AIDS, including the development of AIDS education programs.
d. A key obstacle in combating AIDS is difficulty in catching the disease early on in high-risk populations.
a. Over half of the 25 million people living with AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa are women.
b. Infection by HIV has decreased by 25 percent in about half the countries in sub-Saharan Africa between 2000 and 2009.
d. A key obstacle in combating AIDS is difficulty in catching the disease early on in high-risk populations.
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Although water pollution control efforts since 1970 have been successful in many respects, they have been notably deficient in:
A. dealing with pollution of ground water. B. reducing point source pollution. C. helping local government build sewage treatment plants. D. setting maximum allowable standards for pollutants in the nation's water systems.
Which of the following statements is true?
A. The increase in tougher crime and sentencing laws in the 1990s went into effect despite indications that public opinion strongly opposed the trend. B. Public opinion on the usefulness of the Social Security system tends to swing back and forth dramatically with the health of the national economy. C. George W. Bush attempted to privatize aspects of Social Security, only to back down in the face of determined resistance. D. Franklin Roosevelt attempted to increase the size of the Social Security system, but backed down in the face of strong public opinion against any expansion. E. Franklin Roosevelt had little faith that public opinion would preserve the Social Security program; he expected it to be dismantled within a few decades.
What is an argument AGAINST intervention to prevent the practice of female genital mutilation?
a) Human rights are absolute. b) Intervention would be a form of cultural imperialism. c) Intervention is too extreme a measure to deal with a practice that affects fewer than several dozen individuals a year. d) All of the above
The key distinction between terrorism and other forms of political violence is
a. the number of people killed b. who is targeted c. the motive behind the action d. retaliation