The United States has considered a national healthcare system that would guarantee all citizens medical coverage as a basic human right. The government's involvement in providing healthcare to all citizens is characteristic of which type of economic system?

A. the contemporary capitalist system
B. the socialist system
C. the communist system
D. the laissez-faire capitalist system


Answer: B

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In the country of Arcadia, people belonging to minority groups are stigmatized as inferior. They usually have physically demanding jobs and are paid extremely low wages The majority groups use this stigmatization to justify the treatment meted out to these minority groups. This scenario exemplifies the principles of the ________ theory.

a. exploitation b. normative c. scapegoating d. authoritarian personality

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The median represents the score that is

a. half of the sum of the other scores. b. the most common or frequent. c. in the middle. d. the average of the highest and lowest scores.

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Individuals who migrate because they can no longer secure a livelihood as a result of environmental problems are referred to as a. environmental refugees

b. environmental footprint. c. ecoterrorists. d. ecovictims.

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