Although there has been a trend toward increasing democracies, all of the following were reported in 2012 EXCEPT:
a. there was more persecution of dissidents and journalists worldwide.
b. the regions of the Middle East and North Africa faced more declines than gains in recent years.
c. the area of Central Africa showed great gains in democracy and a decline in violence.
d. despite the hopefulness of the Arab Spring, most governments responded with repression.
e. global declines in freedom outweighed gains.
Question 2
A ____ descent system traces kinship relationships through the male line.
a. matrilineal
b. patrilineal
c. bilateral
d. parallel gendered
The secular trend in growth as measured in Swedish (a) girls and (b) boys between 1883 and 1968.
The Secular Trend in Age of Menarche
On November 11, 1887, four anarchists were hanged in Chicago on charges that they had thrown a bomb
The Increasing Cost of Health Care, 1960–2010
In middle childhood, children spend increasing amounts of time with peers and friends.
Effect of Increasing the Investment Rate on the Steady State