How Would You Define Convergence

question 100

Multiple Choice

How would you define convergence?

• A) tendency for gaps between industrial countries' per-capital incomes to narrow
• B) tendency for gaps between all countries' per-capital incomes to narrow
• C) the theory that a crisis in a low-income country will spread to all countries, regardless of debt structure
• D) the theory that a crisis in a low-income country will spread to only those countries which had lent money to the original country
• E) tendency for the world distribution of income to be persistently unequal

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Definitions:

Resistance

The refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument, often seen in contexts of physical training or disease treatment.

General Adaptation Syndrome

A three-stage response model that the body follows in reaction to stress, comprising alarm, resistance, and exhaustion phases.

Organism's Resources

The natural or acquired abilities, qualities, and assets that an organism possesses and utilizes for survival and adaptation.

Exhaustion

A state of extreme physical or mental fatigue, often resulting from prolonged stress or activity.