Modern Central America's slow economic development has been due to?


Foreign ownership of companies or businesses with profits leaving the region.
Strong tradition for a subsistence lifestyle of fishing and farming.
Poor governmental management and policies: wealth, land, and resources are concentrated in 5% or less of the population; trade restrictions; slow and unwilling investment in infrastructure.

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

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A(n) _______________ approach to research generally considers and examines all phenomena that are relevant to a given problem or issue

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The seafloor magnetic pattern is best described as:

a) parallel to, but not symmetric about mid-ocean ridges. b) perpendicular to, but not symmetric about mid-ocean ridges. c) perpendicular to and symmetric about mid-ocean ridges. d) parallel to and symmetric about mid-ocean ridges. e) not related to the location of mid-ocean ridges.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Zero-sum describes situations where on person’s advantage depends on another’s disadvantage. 2.Technological improvements that reduce labor are usually followed by heightened expectations and higher standards of quality that require more labor and wipe out the original savings. 3. The treadmill of production describes the invisible hand that pushes capitalism. 4. The theory of disproportionality says that most industrial pollution comes from relatively few sources.

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Why are ferromagnesian minerals easily weathered?

A) they are rich in magnesium B) they are prone to oxidation C) they are formed during the solidification of magma D) they are prone to dissolution

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