The Aznalcóllar waste pond mine broke. The spill caused damage over an area of about ___ kilometers
30
20
40
Consumerism is used to describe the tendency of people to identify strongly with the products or services they consume, especially those with ___ and perceived as attractive status symbolism, for example a luxury car, or jewelry
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Trademarks
Labels
Consumers ___ comfortable or safisfied for a significant period of time with what they have
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Aren't
Are
Regular consumers seek to imitate those who are ___ them in the social hierarchy
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Below
Above
___ is the shortage of common things such as food, clothing, shelter, and safe drinking water, everything that determines the quality of life
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Wealth
Poverty
Some studies indicate that countries that start with a ___ equal income distribution find it easier to eradicate poverty through economic growth
More
Less
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Agricultural outputs are 25 percent ___, on average, in poor democracies than in poor autocracies
Higher
Lower
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___ legislation can discourage investment and therefore perpetuate poverty
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Weak
Strong
Overpopulation ___ poverty
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Improves
Worses
War ___ poverty
Worses
Improves
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Substance abuse such as alcohol or drugs ___ poverty
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Worses
Improves
An example of a measure of ___ poverty would be the percentage of the population that eats less food than is needed to sustain the human body (approximately 2,000-2,500 calories per day for an adult male)
Relative
Absolute
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If we have three people who earn 1 euro, 2 euros and 10 euros, the ___ income would be almos 4.5 euros
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Median
Average
What countries have had a good government?
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Thailand and Taiwan
Malaysia, South Korea and Vietnam
An avalanche of consumer products such as televisions, radios, bycicles, and textiles in the United States, Europe, and Japan has helped increase the economic expansion of Asian ___ economies in recent decades
Bears
Tigers
Lions
Development aid ___ poverty
Worses
Improves
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The ___ development aid maintains that the problems of these aid can be solved with a better audit of how the aid is used
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Contrary to
Advocates of
One of the "Quick earnings" of the Sachs Report is assistance aimed at ___ entrepeneurs
Local
Foreign
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One of the "Quick earnings" of the Sachs Report is to improve ___
The palaces
The shacks
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Underdeveloped countries have an unbalanced trade balance resulting from their dependence on primary products that are often in ___ demand in industrialized countries (for example: tea, coffee, sugar, cocoa, bananas, etc.)
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Unlimited
Limited
The development of underdeveloped countries is ___
Complicated
Easy
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___ nations provide a destination for outdated technology
Rich
Poor
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After the 1973 petroleum crisis, increases in petroleum prices forced the governments of many poorer nations to borrow excessively to buy politically essential supplies. At the same time, OPEC funds deposited in Western banks provided a ready source of funds for loans. While a proportion of the borrowed funds were through infraestructure and development economics financed by central governments, a proportion was lost to corruption and over ___ was spent on weapons