Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 28

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions :
-digital divide

• A)Countries with significant economic influence that became increasingly assertive regional leaders after the Cold War.
• B)Cities with populations of 5 million people or more.
• C)Beginning in the 1950s, the increase in food production stemming from the introduction of high-yielding wheat, hybrid seeds, and other advancements.
• D)An economy with few salaried jobs and an abundance of tiny, unregulated businesses such as peddlers and pushcart operators.
• E)The gap between levels of access to computing, Internet, and telecommunications between rich and poor regions and populations.
• F)Business firms that operate in a number of different countries and tend to adopt a global rather than a national perspective.
• G)The issue that those living in extreme poverty are disproportionately women.
• H)The belief of the majority of the world's scientists that hydrocarbons produced through the burning of fossil fuels have caused a greenhouse effect that has increased global temperatures over time.

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