The United Nations predicts that __________ million people worldwide will lose their homes due to the effects of climate change
a. 5
b. 50
c. 75
d. 575
Answer: d
You might also like to view...
When and how was Australia settled?
A. An interglacial period around 70,000 B.P. allowed the seafaring people of Tasmania to navigate to the Australian mainland. B. Humans crossed the narrow straits separating Asia and the then-continent of Sahul (Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania), perhaps in primitive watercraft, around 50,000 B.P. C. Fossil evidence from Lake Mungo in New South Wales suggests that Australia was settled around 50,000 B.P. by humans following big game from Asia. D. Fossil evidence from Lake Mungo in New South Wales suggests that Australia was settled as early as 100,000 years ago by Melanesian settlers who crossed the exposed land bridges connecting the Pacific islands. E. A glacial period around 50,000 B.P. exposed a land bridge connecting Asia and Australia, making it possible for humans to cross over on foot.
Identities are
A. never dependent on context. B. fictions. C. fixed by both genotype and phenotype. D. not fixed; they are fluid and multiple. E. creative constructs and therefore of little real consequence.
Rites of passage are rituals that mark the transition from one life stage to the next. Which of the following is NOT found among virtually all rites of passage?
A) ?The person is separated from an existing identity. B) ?The person enters a transition phase. C) ?The person receives gifts from the society. D) ?Changes are incorporated into a new identity.
In "Poverty at Work: Office Work and the Crack Alternative," Bourgois notes that many Puerto Rican men living in Spanish Harlem have at one time or another held normal (not underground) jobs in New York City's service economy
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.