How have market forces contributed to greater growth and greater poverty at the same time?
What will be an ideal response?
Students can describe ways that growing national and international markets have expanded the job market and accompanied growth in GDP. They can also discuss how the benefits of this expansion have often not been felt widely, with some benefitting greatly while others lose jobs with few opportunities to gain new good jobs, face new competition, and become isolated from growing sectors of the economy.
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a. pay equity. c. functional uniqueness. b. comparable worth. d. status consciousness.
Which statement best describes the experience of Puerto Ricans?
a. internal and external colonialism b. ethnogenesis c. a greater degree of cultural assimilation than most other ethnic groups d. substantial structural assimilation at the primary group level
The authors argue that the most essential question to ask of any photograph, the question that must be answered if any valuable social science analysis is to occur, is this:
What did the maker of the image intend to communicate with the image? Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following is considered a reason that the genocidal efforts of White settlers were effective?
A. The U.s. government used environmental policies to create high prices for goods in trade. B. White settlers utilized superior intelligence in trade agreements. C. Most Native American tribes did not fight back against White invasion. D. Europeans brought germs and disease that indigenous people were not immune to or could not treat.