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  • A. competition
  • B. cooperation
  • C. conflict
  • D. all of the above

Explanation: The Middle East situation is commonly cited as an example of conflict because opposing groups or states compete over power, territory and…

Correct answer: conflict
  • A. husband
  • B. president
  • C. dog owner
  • D. jogger

Explanation: A master status is the social position that most strongly shapes how a person is identified by others. For George W.

Correct answer: president
  • A. economics
  • B. anthropology
  • C. sociology
  • D. psychology

Explanation: Classical, neoclassical, monetarist, and Keynesian are major schools of economic thought, especially concerned with markets, money…

Correct answer: economics
  • A. an equality of trade position
  • B. a favorable balance of trade
  • C. a more open market
  • D. a belief system

Explanation: Restricting imports can reduce expenditure on foreign goods and support a surplus or more favourable balance of trade.

Correct answer: a favorable balance of trade
  • A. granted independence as soon as possible
  • B. Considered an economic burden for the colonial power
  • C. encouraged to develop their own industries
  • D. acquired as markets and sources of raw materials

Explanation: Mercantilism viewed colonies as instruments of national economic power, supplying raw materials and serving as controlled markets for the…

Correct answer: acquired as markets and sources of raw materials
  • A. an expansion of China's colonial empire
  • B. an increase in trade with the West
  • C. a return to a strict command economy
  • D. the success of the commune system

Explanation: Deng Xiaoping’s reforms introduced market-oriented policies, special economic zones and greater openness to foreign investment and trade.

Correct answer: an increase in trade with the West
  • A. demand of world markets for such crops
  • B. lack of modern agricultural technology
  • C. inadequate supply of water and other natural resources
  • D. peasant ownership of most farmlands

Explanation: Central American cash-crop farming is largely shaped by international demand for products such as bananas, coffee and sugar.

Correct answer: demand of world markets for such crops
  • A. China's trade deficit with the United States was very high
  • B. The United States refused to place quotas on Chinese goods
  • C. The United States imported more from China than it exported to China
  • D. China lowered tariffs on goods imported from the United States

Explanation: The United States has generally imported more goods from China than it exported there, creating a large US trade deficit and contributing…

Correct answer: The United States imported more from China than it exported to China
  • A. The Japanese government has place limits on Japanese exports
  • B. Japanese industries spend very little on the research and development of new products
  • C. The Japanese government and Japanese businesses have cooperated with each other
  • D. Japanese citizens save less of their incomes than the citizens of other industrialized nation do

Explanation: Japan’s postwar growth was supported by close cooperation among government agencies, banks and businesses in directing investment and…

Correct answer: The Japanese government and Japanese businesses have cooperated with each other
  • A. reduction in spending on military goods leads to economic depression
  • B. dependence on foreign trade usually leads to a weakened national economy
  • C. territorial aggression is not necessary to secure national economic goals
  • D. democratic institution hinder economic growth

Explanation: Japan’s pre-1945 expansion relied partly on territorial aggression, while its post-1945 success was achieved through trade, industrial…

Correct answer: territorial aggression is not necessary to secure national economic goals
  • A. to main peace in the Middle East
  • B. access to the Mediterranean Sea
  • C. to reestablish the Byzantine Empire
  • D. The rich farmland of the Anatolian Plateau

Explanation: Russia sought control or influence over Ottoman territory mainly to gain warm-water access to the Mediterranean through the Black Sea and…

Correct answer: access to the Mediterranean Sea
  • A. use of strip mining to obtain minerals
  • B. reliance on capitalist economic systems
  • C. lack of access to world markets
  • D. scarcity of water resources

Explanation: Water scarcity limits irrigation, agriculture, industrial activity and population growth across much of the Middle East and North Africa.

Correct answer: scarcity of water resources
  • A. 1000 years
  • B. 15,000 years
  • C. 300 years
  • D. 4000 yearsDiscover Top Destinations

Explanation: Cucumbers are an ancient cultivated crop associated with South Asia and have been grown for roughly 4,000 years.

Correct answer: 4000 yearsDiscover Top Destinations
  • A. mustard
  • B. pepper
  • C. Salt
  • D. basil

Explanation: Brassica is the botanical genus that includes mustard plants, including species such as Brassica juncea and Brassica nigra.

Correct answer: mustard
  • A. Ghialiangale
  • B. Glalangal
  • C. Ghalingale
  • D. Galangal

Explanation: Galangal is a rhizome used as a spice and is sometimes called Laos ginger because of its Southeast Asian origin.

Correct answer: Galangal
  • A. widow marriage
  • B. crimes
  • C. the increasing rate of growth in urban population
  • D. inter-caste marriage

Explanation: Industrialization concentrates factories, jobs, and services in towns and cities, so its clearest demographic effect is rapid…

Correct answer: the increasing rate of growth in urban population
  • A. measure poverty of those below the poverty line
  • B. determine the privileges of the rich
  • C. assess the deprivation of section of population as compared to the others
  • D. assess the minimum food Requirements

Explanation: Relative deprivation compares a group's economic or social conditions with those of other groups, rather than using only an absolute…

Correct answer: assess the deprivation of section of population as compared to the others
  • A. A person
  • B. Type of attitude
  • C. Mid of the way
  • D. population

Explanation: Demography studies human populations, including their size, composition, distribution, and changes through births, deaths, and migration.

Correct answer: population
  • A. Loss of humanistic value
  • B. Impersonal relationship
  • C. informal relationship
  • D. Competition

Explanation: Urban life is commonly associated with impersonal relationships, competition, and weakened traditional or humanistic bonds.

Correct answer: informal relationship
  • A. population size
  • B. population density
  • C. population heterogeneity
  • D. All of the above

Explanation: Urbanisation is assessed through several related features, including population size, population density, and heterogeneity of the…

Correct answer: All of the above