The total long-term budgetary cost for the war in Iraq is estimated at about:
a. $13 million
b. $130 million
c. $300 billion
d. $1.3 trillion
D
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Which of the following statements about slavery is true?
A. It is considered the most extreme form of social inequality. B. The only recorded examples of slavery occurred in the U.S. and in ancient Greece. C. Slavery was considered a permanent status in ancient Greece. D. Slavery in the U.S. was considered an achieved status.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Parents do not simply socialize children. Children also influence this socialization through their own temperament, cognitive abilities, health and well-being, and their sex. 2. The story of Jake, discussed in the feature box, shows how a child’s high IQ shapes the socialization process. 3. Conflict theory reminds us that families are made up of many different subsystems, and each operates to influence the whole. Parents influence their children, but children also influence their parents. The relationship is reciprocal. 4. The Annie E. Casey Foundation says that the best programs for preventing pregnancy focus more on reproductive biology and less on helping teens make good decisions. 5. Whites have shown the greatest recent decline in teen pregnancy, whereas Blacks have shown the least decline.
Which one of the following statements is true regarding the subjects of Adler and Adler's study of self-injurers?
A. They are a homogeneous group. B. Most were driven to it by major stresses in their lives. C. Most begin injuring in secret. D. Their behavior is carefully planned.
The plan, often imposed on poorer countries, of creating a monetary situation and government budget (including taxation) that is favorable to foreign investment is referred to as:
a. Reagonomics b. the Washington Consensus or neoliberalism c. budgetary and monetary restraint d. economic nationalism