Which of the following best defines the term demographic transition?
A) A high mortality rate will continue in Western nations.
B) When parents stop viewing children as an economic necessity.
C) When parents continue to have more children because of a need for social security in old age.
D) The non-Western world began industrialization and rural laborers migrated to the cities.
E) The non-Western world will experience an immigration influx due to land resources.
B
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Which of the following disputes Keynes's criticism of the Treaty of Versailles?
A. The Germans recovered prosperity following the peace treaty. B. The Germans' plans for a European settlement would have been much harsher than the Treaty of Versailles. C. The Allies were unanimous in determining the terms of the treaty. D. The Arab world maintained a stable, if shaky, peace.
What is the dualist belief comprised of?
A) It is, at heart, a monotheistic belief that a person believes in one supreme deity and ascends to heaven or they believe in nothing and wind up in hell. B) Humanity is inherently evil until death, when the spirit, which is good, ascends into heaven. C) A firm and unyielding belief in religious toleration for all. That was the only path to heaven. D) The world is comprised of two rival forces good/light vs. bad/dark; there is no in between. When you die, it is either heaven or hell and these good or bad forces shape the world. E) Humanity and the deities are the elements that comprise the universe. Nothing else is relevant or in need of examination or explanation. Faith is the overriding tenet here.
The introduction of which profitable crop in the late seventeenth century transformed black life in the South Carolina Lowcountry?
a. rice b. cotton c. tobacco d. sugar
In 1837, the Boston American expressed the sentiments of many Americans when it advised that:
A) foreign immigrants abandon their national habits and assimilate as soon as possible. B) no business hire immigrant workers. C) women reformers return to their homes and be quiet. D) upper class Americans take responsibility for urban poverty.