The principal economic activity carried on in the core states in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was
a. mineral extraction
b. manufacturing
c. capitalist farming
d. plantation agriculture based on slave labor
c
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Compared to disengagement theory's focus on _____; activity theory has more of a focus on _____
a. staying active; the value of retirement b. the operation of society; the needs of elders themselves c. society as a whole; patterns of inequality d. the negative aspects of aging; the positive aspects of aging
Research shows that improvement in U.S. air quality over the last several decades has resulted in
a. no change in the amount of acid rain. b. adding about half a year to the typical lifespan. c. more and more children exercising outdoors. d. no change in patterns of human health.
Research data about homicide indicate all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Women are seven times more likely than men to have committed murder in self-defense. b. Women and men are equally likely to murder a spouse. c. Women commit about 15% of all homicides. d. Wives are more likely to use weapons while husbands are more likely beat their wives to death.
The Cuban refugees that came to the United States in the Mariel boatlifts were
A. predominantly darker skinned and poorer than earlier Cuban refugees. B. better educated than earlier Cuban refugees. C. more upwardly mobile than earlier Cuban refugees. D. all of the above