As a result of the 1992 U.N. Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, terms such as underdevelopment have largely been dropped in favor of measurements such as sustainable development, and economies are now classified by their:
a. material well-being.
b. levels of economic development.
c. levels of income or their ranking on the Human Development Index.
d. standard of living.
Question 2
Few societies have residential patterns known as __________ residence, which refers to the custom of a married couple living in the same household (or community) as the wife's parents.
a. neolocal
b. matrilocal
c. patrilocal
d. multilocal
The four ways in which animals exchange heat with the environment are radiation, evaporation, convec
Directional Terms
The early development of the mammalian brain illustrated in schematic horizontal sections. Compare ...
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Gallstones result from the crystallization of salts and other compounds in bile
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