Refer to the Information Provided in Table 33

question 139

Multiple Choice

Refer to the information provided in Table 33.1 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Table 33.1
-Refer to Table 33.1. In Guatemala, the opportunity cost of 1 bushel of oranges is

• A) 1/2 bushel of bananas.
• B) 1 bushels of bananas.
• C) 2 bushel of bananas.
• D) 4 bushels of bananas.

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Definitions:

Minimum Wage

The lowest legal salary that employers can pay their employees, established by government laws to ensure a basic living standard for workers.

Working Poor

Poorly educated manual and service workers who may work full-time but remain near or below the poverty line; they constitute about 13 percent of the U.S. population.

Systems of Slavery

Organized practices where individuals are owned by others, deprived of personal freedom, and exploited for labor or services.

Enslaved People

Individuals forced into servitude without personal freedom or rights.