UNIT 9 PROGRESS CHECK: MCQ NEW EXAM LATEST UPDATE WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Based on the graph, which technology was developed most recently? - ANS Satellite television Based on the graph, which of the following best describes the development of transportation and communication in the twentieth century? - ANS New methods of transportation and communication became more affordable over time. Which of the following is best supported by the information shown on the graph? - ANS The cost of technologies that rely on the use of petroleum declined less rapidly than the cost of technologies that do not rely on the use of petroleum. The changes in life expectancy in China described in the second paragraph are most likely attributable to which of the following? - ANS By the mid-twentieth century China was still plagued by infectious diseases associated with poverty, while by the end of the twentieth century it had overcome those diseases. The authors' discussion in the third paragraph of "the marked acceleration in health care improvements" in China after 1950 refers most directly to which of the following historical developments? - ANS The communist victory in China's civil war The authors' argument in the third paragraph concerning the effect of "social factors" on the effectiveness of a country's healthcare system likely refers to all of the following general trends in the twentieth century EXCEPT - ANS the high likelihood that increasing longevity would lead to an increase in overall healthcare costs