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Land ownership is concentrated in ________ percent of the Brazilian population.
 
  a. 1
  b. 3
  c. 5
  d. 8
  e. 10

 Q. 2

The simplest equation in infrastructure policy can be said that no infrastructure equals no development.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

 Q. 3

Transnational terrorism most often involves groups from two or more countries cooperating together.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

 Q. 4

Problems concerning Brazil's welfare state system include all of the following EXCEPT
 
  a. workers in the informal sector cannot collect welfare as the government technically considers them employed.
  b. Brazil's welfare expenditures are quite low.
  c. until recently, the rural poor were not targeted by social welfare programs, essentially meaning that they were left out of the welfare system.
  d. formal sector workers access the public health system for expensive procedures.
  e. more people need welfare than those who contribute to it, thus forcing the government to finance the shortfall with debt.

 Q. 5

When homes were abandoned and the number of homeless people rose, state governments responded with inaction.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

 Q. 6

Terrorists typically feel that society has cheated them.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

 Q. 7

Which of the following statements about Brazil's society and its economy is NOT true?
 
  a. Although urban unemployment fell dramatically in the 2000s, about half of the workers are employed in the informal sector where they are paid less.
  b. Afro-Brazilians continue to make less than their white colleagues and have fewer opportunities for upward mobility.
  c. Although working women typically have more education than their male colleagues, they still receive lower salaries for the same jobs.
  d. Comparatively speaking, income distribution in Brazil, although unequal, is about on par with that of the United States.
  e. The income gender gap is worst for rural women than urban women.

 Q. 8

Governments have tried to create incentives for developers to produce low-income housing units and, if that fails, to build them themselves.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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