Real GDP Per Person Averaged $150 a Year (In 2009

question 36

Multiple Choice

Real GDP per person averaged $150 a year (in 2009 dollars) from 1,000,000 BC until 1620. Then in ________ real GDP began to increase without limit and by 1850 had risen to twice its 1650 level because ________.

• A) 1650; the Pilgrims arrived in the Americas
• B) 1776; the United States was founded
• C) 1650; of the Industrial Revolution
• D) 1750; Columbus arrived in the Americas
• E) 1750; of the Industrial Revolution

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Definitions:

Ground Meristem

The part of a plant embryo that develops into the ground tissue of the plant, which includes the cortex and pith.

Procambium

A primary meristematic tissue in plants, which differentiates into vascular tissues (xylem and phloem).

Primary Xylem

The part of the xylem (the vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upward from the root) that forms first, mainly in seedlings and young plants.

Secondary Xylem

The part of a plant that contributes to the growth of stem thickness and acts as a conduit for water and nutrients.