A paradox of the American healthcare system is that we __________.
a. pay more for insurance and yet fewer people are covered
b. pay less for insurance and everyone is covered
c. use the government to control who gets insurance
d. will never get everyone covered no matter how much we spend
Question 2Climatologist Michael Mann and his colleagues have graphed a thousand-year period (the famous hockey stick chart) that shows how __________ were more or less constant until they spiked __________.
a. CO2 levels; 100 years ago
b. carbon dioxide and monoxide; in the last century
c. global temperatures; in the past half-century
d. organic matter levels; in the past half-century
Question 3What happens to regions just above sea level when the sea ice melts?
a. Sea levels fall.
b. They are subject to flooding and possibly disappearing under water.
c. New land becomes available for farming.
d. Immigration increases.
Question 4When sociologists argue that marriage has been deinstitutionalized, they mean that __________.
a. thereis a wide array of alternatives to traditional marriage
b. religion has been removed from the core of marriage
c. family values are no longer associated with marriage
d. traditional marriage is on the rise
Question 5Allowing patients to communicate their needs and physicians being open and clear about treatment options, diagnoses, and potential sideeffects of treatment is a form of __________ that ensures patients understand their treatment and rights.
a. informed consent
b. active care
c. malpractice
d. regulation
Question 6A tariff __________ the price of goods.
a. raises
b. lowers
c. destabilizes
d. equalizes
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