Some of the world's fastest-growing nations have economies
whose growth may not be sustainable, critics charge, due to heavy dependence on:
a. foreign industry, which may pick up and move elsewhere any day.
b. heavy industry, in a largely postindustrial economic era.
c. a large number of people living in extreme poverty, who are not well-educated.
d. commodities such as oil and copper, whose prices are subject to fluctuations.
Question 2
Many low development category nations, particularly in
___________, have seen rapid growth in the 21st Century, after little growth in the late 20th Century.
a. South Asia
b. Latin America
c. the Middle East
d. sub-Saharan Africa
Rafflesia arnoldii, the world's biggest flower, lives as a parasite in Indonesian rain forests.
A Crab-eating Macaque, an old world species of monkey native to Southeast Asia
Global Stratification: Income of the World's Nations
Growth in Cold and Cool Clouds
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The Distribution of Growth Rates, 1975–2009