Mastering the Content

A. Most adults earn enough money to own cars.

B. Most adults consume more than 3,000 calories a day.

C. Most adults live in rural areas and work in agriculture.

D. Most adults live in cities and work in factories or offices.

A. consumption

B. per capita income

C. economic activity

D. gross domestic product

A. by or for each person

B. the creation or use of tools

C. the use of goods and services

D. the total value of goods and services

A. poverty

B. pollution

C. crop failures

D. food shortages

Canada

China

India

United States

A. developed

B. developing

C. rural

D. urban

American workers earn less money than workers in most European countries.

American workers have more schooling than workers in most European countries.

American workers use more technology than workers in most European countries.

Americans workers spend more time on the job than workers in many European countries.

A. They have college educations.

B. They earn at least $10 a day.

C. They eat less than 2,700 calories a day.

D. They have computers at work or at home.

A. It saves natural resources.

B. It reduces municipal waste.

C. It increases gross national product.

D. It keeps toxic materials out of dumps.

A. digital divide.

B. resource tradeoff.

C. per capita difference.

D. gross domestic product.