The government takes part of the GDP and redistributes it to others to provide for the poor and others who are vulnerable. This type of system can be called a __________ state
a. welfare
b. workfare
c. warfare
d. wealthfare
a
Learning Objective 6.2: Recognize the importance of wealth.
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a. Prison b. Mental hospital c. Church d. Juvenile detention center
Who is most likely to own a home?
a. The Johnsons, a black family b. The Valasquez family, Hispanics c. The Emersons, a white family d. The Jims, a Native American family
The chapter text suggests that those in the Global South suffer from a "double nutritional burden." What makes the burden double?
A. Farmers cannot afford to maintain crops and therefore they don't have enough to eat. B. Starvation and being underweight from lack of food is a problem; so is obesity from eating too much and the wrong types of foods. C. The nutrition of the parents is not good, so they have more difficulty delivering healthy children. D. There are problems with getting access to enough vegetables and with getting enough protein.