The Success of Geographic Information Systems Is Primarily Due to the Use

question 137

Multiple Choice

The success of Geographic Information Systems is primarily due to the use of

• A) shipping.
• B) the world wide web.
• C) computers.
• D) global satellites.
• E) data storage capabilities.

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Definitions:

Second Shift

Second Shift refers to the phenomenon where individuals, particularly women, work a paid job outside the home and then come home to perform unpaid household labor.

Double Day

The phenomenon where individuals, often women, perform paid work outside the home but also have a disproportionate share of household duties, effectively working a "second shift."

Surrogate Motherhood

An arrangement whereby a woman agrees to carry and give birth to a child for another person or couple, who will become the child's parent(s) after birth.

Artificially Inseminate

A medical procedure used to insert sperm directly into a female's cervix or uterine cavity to achieve pregnancy without sexual intercourse.