Which theory posits that certain cultural characteristics are predominant among the poor because they enable poor people to adapt to difficulties arising from poverty,
but at the same time these characteristics make escape from poverty more difficult?
a. Split labor market theory
b. Internal colonialism theory
c. Culture of poverty theory
d. Marxist theory
ANS: c
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The first successfully cloned animal was a(n) ____________ named Dolly
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