The Following Is True of LDCs: __________

question 17

Multiple Choice

The following is true of LDCs: __________.

• A)today there are no cities in LDCs with populations over 5 million
• B)the number of persons in urban shanty towns doubles every 5 to 7 years
• C)population growth in LDCs is 40 percent of the world's population increase
• D)the United Nations projects that there will be 75 cities of over 1 million by the year 2020

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Definitions:

Equity Securities

Financial instruments like stocks that represent ownership interest in a company or rights to acquire such an interest.

Insignificant Influence

A situation where an investor does not have enough impact on a business to affect its decisions or policies.

Dividend Revenue

Income received from owning shares in a company which distributes a portion of its earnings to its shareholders.

Insignificant Influence

A term describing an investor's lack of power to affect the operating and financial policies of the investee company.