By the End of the Twentieth Century, Some 60 Percent

question 7

Multiple Choice

By the end of the twentieth century, some 60 percent of the national income of Egypt, Spain, Mexico, and Pakistan

• A) came in the form of United Nations aid.
• B) was derived from oil revenues.
• C) was sent into the country by migrant laborers working abroad.
• D) came from new high-tech industries.

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Overlay Approach

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Value Range

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Certainty Approach Method

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