Which of the following is NOT true of Iran's economy prior to the Islamic Revolution?
a. Iran was an important member of OPEC.
b. Iran was a major purchaser of arms, especially from the United States.
c. Many landowners stopped growing food and turned to commercial export crops leading to several disastrous famines.
d. The country became dependent on oil as a commodity that was subject to volatile market prices.
e. Iran had significant trade relations with neighboring and other developing countries.
e
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In 1999, Kansas state education officials made headlines by:
A. eliminating the teaching of mathematics from state guidelines. B. eliminating co-ed classrooms from state guidelines. C. eliminating the teaching of evolution from state guidelines. D. eliminating the teaching of African-American history from state guidelines.
Which of the following is a drawback of privatization or outsourcing?
a. The bidding process is not competitive. b. Privatized services often cost more to deliver. c. Privatized service delivery is often too slow. d. Privatization may decrease government accountability.
What sources of revenue have replaced the property taxes that cities used to depend on to finance their operations, such as providing public services?
What will be an ideal response?
The invention and dissemina¬tion of irrigation systems, pesticides, fertilizers, and new seed types that enabled farmers around the world to extract increasingly more crop and meat volumes from virtually the same amount of farmland is known as:
a. Genetically Modified Organisms b. Industrialized Farming c. Green Revolution d. Agricultural Development