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BRWH

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Which of the following economists was the first to argue that the world's rate of population increase was far outrunning the development of food supplies?
 
  A) Paul Krugman
  B) Karl Marx
  C) Adam Smith
  D) Thomas Malthus
  E) John Maynard Keynes

Question 2

In 1854, Dr. John Snow drew a map showing the distribution of cholera in Soho, London. Which of the following is NOT true of the 1854 outbreak?
 
  A) Before Dr. Snow's geographic analysis, many believed that the epidemic victims were being punished for sinful behavior
  B) Dr. Snow was a physician, not a geographer
  C) Dr. Snow overlaid the map of Soho, London with maps of addresses of cholera victims and locations of water pumps
  D) Most of the victims of the outbreak were rich Londoners in the swanky Soho district
  E) Dr. Snow traced the outbreak to consumption of contaminated water from wells



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: D

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D



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