_____ is the number of babies born during a specified period in a particular society.

A. Infertility
B. Fertility
C. Birth rate
D. Replacement rate
E. Population growth


Answer: B

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a. African Americans differ from Whites because their housing has been restricted through discrimination. b. The quality of Black housing is superior to that of Whites at all income levels. c. Statistics has indicated that Black housing has deteriorated in recent years throughout the United States. d. African Americans pay a meagre proportion of their income for shelter.

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When of the following did not happen in the Columbian Exchange?

a) Tomatoes were transferred from the New World to Europe. b) Potatoes were transferred from the New World to Europe. c) Soybeans were transferred from Europe to the New World. d) Corn was transferred from Europe to the New World.

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In a classic study by Whitbourne and colleagues (1995), infantilizing speech was viewed as ___________by older adults and was not___________, as some researchers had previously suggested.

A. positive; demeaning B. negative; nurturing C. neutral; demoralizing D. negative; age appropriate

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The United States has adopted

a. many socialist practices. b. convergence theory, which is being promoted through television ads. c. market-force-blind capitalism. d. no socialist practices.

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