What Trend Is Evidenced by the Rise in Credit Card

question 30

Multiple Choice

What trend is evidenced by the rise in credit card debt from 1969 to now?

• A)the increased globalization of the economy
• B)the increase of economic technology in the postindustrial age
• C)the dramatic increase in personal consumption among people in the U.S.
• D)the increasing divide between income and living expenses

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Definitions:

Motion Toys

Mid-nineteenth century devices that facilitated the viewing of multiple moving images. See also thaumatrope; phenakistoscope; zoetrope; praxinoscope.

Sound on Disc

An early method of providing synchronized sound to silent films using records played in conjunction with the film's projection, before the advent of sound-on-film technology.

Photographic Gun

A device designed in the early history of photography to capture images quickly, resembling the operation of a gun.

Étienne-Jules Marey

A French scientist and chronophotographer, whose work is significant in the development of motion pictures.