Match the scenario/description provided to the the type of poverty OR human development issue to which it best applies.           -           A.           B.           C.           D.           E.       absolute poverty          -           A.           B.           C.           D.           E.       subjective poverty          -           A.           B.           C.           D.           E.       human development issue          -           A.           B.           C.           D.           E.       relative poverty A. Mary’s SNAP card is almost empty and there’s too much month left for the money. The kids are just going to have to eat plain noodles for supper with no bologna in it this time.   B. Oprah Winfrey built a network of schools in Kenya to help provide educational resources to Mary and other girls in the area. The hope is that generational poverty and preventable diseases will decrease over time.     C. Mary was hoping that her unborn baby wouldn’t suffer from her not being able to get any food or eat for the last couple of days. But, Mary hasn’t felt him/her move for a long time.     D. Mary is learning about World Development Theory in sociology class and she hopes it will help her in her goal to work with the UN Habitat Programme. E. Status symbols are important to Mary, so she is scrimping and saving and cutting back on how much fast food she buys because she just has to have that C-class Mercedes.

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Match the scenario/description provided to the the type of poverty OR human development issue to which it best applies. 

         -           A.           B.           C.           D.           E.      

absolute poverty

         -           A.           B.           C.           D.           E.      

subjective poverty

         -           A.           B.           C.           D.           E.      

human development issue

         -           A.           B.           C.           D.           E.      

relative poverty

A.

Mary’s SNAP card is almost empty and there’s too much month left for the money. The kids are just going to have to eat plain noodles for supper with no bologna in it this time.

 

B.

Oprah Winfrey built a network of schools in Kenya to help provide educational resources to Mary and other girls in the area. The hope is that generational poverty and preventable diseases will decrease over time.

 

 

C.

Mary was hoping that her unborn baby wouldn’t suffer from her not being able to get any food or eat for the last couple of days. But, Mary hasn’t felt him/her move for a long time.

 

 

D.

Mary is learning about World Development Theory in sociology class and she hopes it will help her in her goal to work with the UN Habitat Programme.

E.

Status symbols are important to Mary, so she is scrimping and saving and cutting back on how much fast food she buys because she just has to have that C-class Mercedes. 

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