| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Slavery in the pre-Civil War U.S. South most closely resembled | chattel slavery debt bondage relative poverty peonage |
| Maya is a twelve-year-old girl living in Thailand. She is homeless, and often does not know where she will sleep or when she will eat. We might say that Maya lives in _________ poverty. | absolute subjective relative global |
| Mike, a college student, rents a studio apartment. He cannot afford a television and lives on cheap groceries like dried beans and ramen noodles. Since he does not have a regular job, he does not own a car. Mike is living in: | relative poverty global poverty extreme poverty subjective poverty |
| Faith has a full-time job and two children. She has enough money for the basics and can pay her rent each month, but she feels that, with her education and experience, her income should be enough for her family to live much better than they do. Faith is experiencing: | subjective poverty global poverty extreme poverty relative poverty |
| In a U.S. town, a mining company owns all the stores and most of the houses. It sells goods to the workers at inflated prices, offers house rentals for twice what a mortgage would be, and makes sure to always pay the workers less than needed to cover food and rent. Once the workers are in debt, they have no choice but to continue working for the company, since their skills will not transfer to a new position. This situation most closely resembles: | debt slavery child slavery chattel slavery servile marriage |
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