How is a family's poverty line determined in U.S. society?
a) By the cost of providing healthy meals to all family members
b) By determining the amount of people working for minimum wage
c) By the number of workers in service jobs
d) By the average amount of rent a family of four pays
ANS: a
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a. low-income nations. b. middle-income nations. c. high-income nations. d. a combination of middle- and high-income nations.
A ________ is a moral community separate from and often hostile toward the secular world
a. sect b. cult c. faction d. heresy
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a. social control b. comforting c. confrontation d. challenging
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What will be an ideal response?