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evelyn o bentley

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In India, Thailand, and some African nations, families marry off women against their will, with many ending up as slaves performing work for their husband's family or forced into prostitution. This practice falls into which of the following categories?
 
  a. servile forms of marriage
  b. indentured slavery
  c. chattel slavery
  d. debt bondage

Question 2

A life-threatening lack of resources is called
 
  a. relative poverty.
  b. absolute poverty.
  c. temporary poverty.
  d. immediate poverty.



CourtneyCNorton

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Answer to Question 1

(Answer: a)

Answer to Question 2

(Answer: b)



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