Much of the economic growth in core countries over the past fifty years is a result of what key process?
A) ?The increased number of women in the workforce
B) ?A rapid increase in immigration
C) ?The transformation of social capital activities into market activities
D) ?The U.S. decision to end the gold standard
C
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The ownership of land in agricultural states became the primary basis for an individual's socioeconomic status
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The fossil finds near Beijing, China (including the Zhoukoudian cave) yielded the remains of more than 40 specimens of
A. H. habilis. B. H. erectus. C. H. naledi D. Neandertals. E. anatomically modern humans.
Early on in this chapter, we learned that evolution refers to descent with modification over generations. Geneticists, however, have an even more specific definition of evolution
A. directional selection of the fittest alleles in a breeding population. B. a change in gene frequency; that is, in the frequency of alleles in a breeding population from generation to generation. C. the survival of the chemically fittest allele in the gene pool. D. a change in gene frequency caused by either chromosomal rearrangement or recombination. E. a change in the gene frequency within the DNA of a single individual organism.
Individual ownership of animals tends to promote acquisition of differential wealth in pastoral societies, which is mitigated by __________
a. the inability to acquire too much b. social mores that demand generosity c. very high bride prices to be delivered in animals d. the possibility of multiple claims by individuals on an animal