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is the process of enhancing human capabilities.
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The study of populations is called .
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The measure of accounts for differences in cost of living between countries.
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The includes measures of income, health, education, and life expectancy.
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Organizations that work for collective action in a non-commercial, non-violent manner and deliver aid to people in materially poor countries are called .
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The cultural implications of one's sex are referred to as .
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A group of people that has its own culture and members who feel a common origin is called .
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The first peoples to live in a place are referred to as .
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The largest scale of ecosystem is a .
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A naturally occurring substance for which people have found a use is a .
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The Soviet Union was, and China still is huge. Why would it be difficult for any central authority to make economic decisions for the entire country?
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The demographic transition is based on the experience of Europe and North America. Can we expect that all other countries will complete the transition in the same way? Why?
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Why is it harder for countries to modernize today than it was for Europe and the United States to do so in the 1800s?
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Why would being part of the 35 percent of the world's population that is technologically disconnected make one's material poverty worse?
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Why might the Soviet Union's emphasis on economic and social rights, even at the expense of civil and political rights, have appealed to people in materially poor countries?





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