A Principle Suggesting That People with More Income or Wealth

question 184

Multiple Choice

A principle suggesting that people with more income or wealth should pay more taxes is the _____ principle.

• A)ability-to-pay
• B)proportional tax
• C)lump-sum tax
• D)benefits received

Acknowledge the role of naturalistic observation in providing descriptive data without interference.

Understand the basic concepts of probability, including the definition of an experiment, sample space, and sample points.

Distinguish between mutually exclusive and independent events.

Calculate the number of possible outcomes using the multiplication principle.

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Definitions:

Appalachian Mountains

A mountain range in eastern North America, extending from Canada to the southern United States, known for its rich biodiversity and history.

Fold and Thrust Belt

A series of mountainous folds and thrust faults that develop near convergent tectonic plate boundaries, where one plate is forced over another.

Foreland Basin

A foreland basin is a structural depression that forms adjacent to a mountain range due to flexural subsidence, filling with sediments eroded from the associated orogeny (mountain-building process).

Back-Arc Rifting

A geological process in which the crust behind a volcanic arc stretches and thins, often leading to the formation of a new ocean basin.