In 1960, the wealthiest 20 percent of the world population had more than 30 times the income of the poorest 20 percent of the world population; by 2000, the wealthiest 20 percent of the world population had almost 85 times the income of the poorest 20 percent of the world population
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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a. Hispanic Americans b. African Americans c. Native Americans d. European Americans
Henry Ford, a major industrialist and automobile manufacturer in the early decades of 1900's,
a. paid poverty wages and employed entire families of men, women and children in his factories. b. supported the idea of a family wage, paid $5 a day to men, $4 to single women and $3 to married women in his factories. c. supported the idea of a family wage and paid $5 a day in his factories but refused to hire and fired women married to men with jobs. d. supported the idea of a family wage and paid $5 a day to every employee without regard to gender or marital status so he could recruit and retain the best employees.
The home lives of undocumented parents are often characterized by a. corporal punishment. b. familial loyalty
c. fear and vigilance. d. respect for parents and elders.
World systems theory focuses on a. internal factors in individual countries
b. patterns of migration and other population issues. c. the belief that there is a world economic system that must be understood as a single unit. d. neocolonial relationships between individual countries and their former colonizers.