In the United States today, about __________ people are in nursing homes.
a. 250,000
b. 1.5 million
c. 24.7 million
d. 53.4 million
e. 70.6 million
Question 2
The classic study by Cottrell describes the demise, during the 1940s, of a small southwestern town he called Caliente. The main reason the town died was that __________.
a. World War II took too many citizens away to serve in the military
b. the introduction of diesel locomotive technology undermined the economic base of the town
c. real-estate speculation overinflated the value of property
d. interest rates had increased, making it impossible to get loans
e. the town was corruptly administered by officials taking bribes from organized crime
