The largest category for the cost of raising a child from birth through age 17 is:

A. housing.
B. transportation.
C. clothing.
D. health care.


Answer: A

Sociology

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All of the following are problems with sexual intercourse "just happening" with adolescents EXCEPT:

a. not being able to contemplate the principles involved in engaging in intercourse. b. regretting the experience at some point. c. overcoming the historical double standard. d. lack of protection and exposure to teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

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Big business needs security to make the kinds of investments that create jobs and produce economic growth, according to __________

a. the New Deal b. the business confidence theory c. tax and transfer policies d. pluralism

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Which of the following was NOT an oppressive White response to Black emancipation immediately following the Civil War?

a. Black people, even elderly women such as Rosa Parks, were required to give their bus seats to White people. b. The Ku Klux Klan and local vigilante groups conducted raids, lynchings, beatings, and burnings. c. The courts were much more likely to send Blacks to prison than Whites. d. Overt slavery was replaced with a more covert kind of slavery: sharecropping.

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The United Nations identifies discrimination based upon race, ethnicity, and/or religion as a significant case of poverty worldwide. Identify and discuss two specific examples of work that governments or international organizations are doing to address ethnic, racial, or religious discrimination. In your discussion include the goals of the work as well as the actions being taken to address the issue.

What will be an ideal response?

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