families were driven from villages by force and herded onto collective farms. Individual initiative was abolished, and agricultural production suffered badly. Agriculture was run by government bureaucracies, with little freedom of choice for producers or consumers. Q41: Famine is Q46: The relationship between hunger (a) a temporary lack of food. and famine can be described as (b) the experience of hunger. (a) desire versus necessity. (c) an extreme and long-term (b) itch versus scratch. shortage of food. (c) presence versus absence. Q42: The most common historical of Q47: For famine to there must be a famine is lack of food as well as (a) warfare. (a) high prices. (b) flooding. (b) no outside sources of food (c) freezing temperatures. relief. (c) severe changes in climate. Q43: The two main causes of famine are Q48: The United States has avoided (a) natural and unnatural. famine because of (b) natural and human. (a) a good distribution system. (c) animal and human. (b) good luck. (c) government regulations. Q44: The United States has Q49: Large, diverse societies are more experienced famine because likely to (a) food can be carried from one (a) experience famine from natural part of the country to another. causes. (b) there has never been a food (b) experience famine from human shortage. causes. (c) the country is underpopulated. (c) avoid famine. Q45: A cause of famine in the Soviet Q50: You can conclude from the article Union has been that one way to ease the problem of (a) the lack of individual initiative. famine is to (b) misguided economic reform (a) encourage improvements in programs. agriculture. (c) poor farming methods. (b) avoid economic reform programs. (c) demand government intervention.
families were driven from villages by force and herded onto collective farms. Individual initiative was abolished, and agricultural production suffered badly. Agriculture was run by government bureaucracies, with little freedom of choice for producers or consumers. Q41: Famine is (a) a temporary lack of food. (b) the experience of hunger. (c) an extreme and long-term shortage of food. Q46: The relationship between hunger and famine can be described as (a) desire versus necessity. (b) itch versus scratch. (c) presence versus absence. Q42: The most common historical of famine is (a) warfare. (b) flooding. (c) freezing temperatures. Q47: For famine to there must be a lack of food as well as (a) high prices. (b) no outside sources of food relief. (c) severe changes in climate. Q43: The two main causes of famine are (a) natural and unnatural. (b) natural and human. (c) animal and human. Q48: The United States has avoided famine because of (a) a good distribution system. (b) good luck. (c) government regulations. Q44: The United States has experienced famine because (a) food can be carried from one part of the country to another. (b) there has never been a food shortage. (c) the country is underpopulated. Q49: Large, diverse societies are more likely to (a) experience famine from natural causes. (b) experience famine from human causes. (c) avoid famine. Q45: A cause of famine in the Soviet Union has been (a) the lack of individual initiative. (b) misguided economic reform programs. (c) poor farming methods. Q50: You can conclude from the article that one way to ease the problem of famine is to (a) encourage improvements in agriculture. (b) avoid economic reform programs. (c) demand government intervention.
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