Professor Weiss explained to the class that solid-waste dump sites are often located near low-income neighborhoods on the outskirts of metropolitan regions or in rural areas. This practice has been referred to as environmental __________.
A. discrimination
B. racism
C. prejudice
D. ethnocentrism
Answer: B
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a. work part-time and have fewer fringe benefits. b. work part-time and have more fringe benefits. c. work full-time and have fewer fringe benefits. d. work full-time and have more fringe benefits.
In the United States in 2003, the birth rate hit an all-time high
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Statistics may not reveal the full extent of poverty among older women because widows with low income are not counted as poor
a. when they are a recipient of Supplemental Security Income. b. when the Elder Economic Security Standard Index is used. c. when their lower rates of remarriage are factored into the statistics. d. when they live in a household with younger persons above the poverty line.
During the first half of the seventeenth century, England attempted to address the labor needs of its North American colonies primarily through
A) the use of indentured white servants. B) the enslavement of Native Americans. C) the importation of African slaves. D) the employment of free white laborers.