Which of the following statements best summarizes Thomas Malthus' theory of population growth?
a. Although population increases geometrically, technological innovation will guarantee adequate food supplies.
b. Increases in the food supply inevitably lead to increases in population.
c. Population increases geometrically while the available food supply increases arithmetically.
d. Population increases in direct proportion to the available food supply.
C
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In which of the following U.S. jobs are more than 99 percent of workers women?
a. college professor b. police officer c. dental hygienist d. taxi driver
The resources available to an organization depend on:
a. the amount of resources that are controlled by group members. b. the proportion of their resources that movement members are willing to give. c. both the amount of resources and the proportion of those resources that members are willing to give. d. the political climate in which the movement is occurring.
Rebecca is of the opinion that very few families, either in the past or in the present, can be called self-sufficient. Which of the following is an accurate statement that supports Rebecca's opinion?
Families have prospered since the 1970s because of their savings and individual enterprises. A majority of people who have reached retirement are leading comfortable lives despite not being eligible for Medicare and Social Security. Many individuals in the middle class are likely to have collected unemployment payments after being laid off. The government provides no tax cuts for middle-income and affluent families.
Women earn about ________ for every dollar a man earns.
A. 85 cents B. 95 cents C. 90 cents D. 83 cents