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saraeharris

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What development commonly produced the change that ushered in rapid population growth?
 
  a. Birth control techniques became prohibited and birth rates rose.
  b. Western methods in medicine and public health were adopted on a mass basis.
  c. Warfare resulted in the deaths of less reproductive members of society.
  d. Women left the workforce in large numbers to return to their homes.
  e. The churches began to praise fertility.

Question 2

The authors of the Human Development Report conclude that the global gap between haves and have-nots, between know and know-nots is __________.
 
  a. widening
  b. narrowing
  c. holding its own
  d. fluctuating
  e. disappearing



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a



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