Explain three events that led to the IMF food riots of the 1980s.
What will be an ideal response?
The wealthy appropriated land for export crops, poor people were displaced to
marginal lands, deforestation and land degradation were rampant, less local food was
produced, increasing poverty made food more expensive and harder to buy, raw
materials were exported at low prices, value-added imports increased costs without the
benefit of local value-added enterprises, trade liberalization institutionalized low-wage
jobs, MNCs evaded environmental and labor laws.
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A. RCRA B. National Priority List C. LD50 D. waste minimization E. Superfund F. CERCLA G. reactivity H. acute toxicity I. ignitability J. threshold levels K. hazardous wastes L. chronic toxicity M. synergism N. corrosiveness O. toxicity
MgCl2 crystals are composed of
A) units of MgCl2 molecules held together by dipole interactions. B) groups of Mg2+ ions and Cl2 molecules. C) units composed of six Mg atoms and six Cl2 molecules. D) a multitude of Mg2+ ions and Cl- ions grouped together in a three-dimensional array with a 1:2 ratio of Mg2+ to Cl-. E) a two-dimensional array of [-Mg-Cl-Cl-] units.
The common structures dwellings, building, barns, churches, and so on associated with a particular place, time, and community are referred to by what term?
A) Popular culture B) Nonmaterial culture C) Vernacular architecture D) Heritage sites
One of the problems with finding new fossil fuel deposits in developing countries is that ________
A) their governments seldom allow extraction of the deposit without meeting expensive environmental regulations B) those countries tend to keep the resource for themselves, not sharing with other countries C) it is very expensive to transport the deposit elsewhere D) their governments seldom allow extraction of the deposit without imposing huge taxes to fund new social benefits for the country E) multinational companies often move in to harvest the new deposit, and very little money or resource remains in the country