Which of the following most accurately defines absolute poverty?
A) ?It is the worldwide inequality patterns that result from differences in wealth, power, and prestige.
B) ?It is not having enough money to afford the basic necessities of life, such as food, clothing, and shelter.
C) ?It refers to the movement up or down a social class over two or more generations.
D) ?It refers to the movement up or down a social class over one's lifetime.
E) ?It refers to a situation in which people own others as property and have almost total control over their lives.
B
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a. Language makes possible our collective memory. b. Language occurs independent of a cultural setting. c. Language shapes human consciousness. d. The capacity to learn language is innate to human beings.
According to the __________ model, the basic relationships that formed in Sherif's summer camp experiment were based on competition, domination, and subordination.
A. divergence B. conflict C. oppositional D. order
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a. inequality may have an independent effect on infant mortality b. interventions targeting at risk mothers may decrease infant mortality c. areas of higher inequality may have poorer health than areas of comparable income d. all of the above