What are the MDGs? Where did they come from? Cite an example of one goal and the target used to measure progress in attaining it

What will be an ideal response?


MDG = Millennium Development Goals. See Table 9-2 for a list of the Millennium Development Goals and Targets. An example of a new target would be Target 7: "Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health." President Obama is attempting to reverse policies in the past that prevented the United States from providing aid to countries that provide or give counsel about abortion.

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a. biosphere. d. mesosphere. b. hydrosphere. e. atmosphere. c. lithosphere

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A) Neptune and Uranus B) Mercury and Earth C) Jupiter and Uranus D) Jupiter and Neptune E) Uranus and Pluto

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Pollutants that can be broken down by natural processes into simpler compounds are described as ____

A) hermatypic B) sustainable C) renewable D) biodegradable

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