CHAPTER 2 - L2

Question 1

• The term ____ is attributed mainly to the changes brought about by technology.

Answer 1

“generation gap”

Question 2

has been instrumental in all of these because in searching for the good life, people were able to come up with creations that would make life easier, more comfortable, and more enriching.

Answer 2

• Technology

Question 3

some of the notable comparisons then and now:

Answer 3

1. Mortality Rate
2. Average Lifespan
3. Literacy Rate
4. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Question 4

Due to technology, lesser women and children die during birth, assuring robust population and strong workforce. Medical care for premature infants allows them to survive and develop normally, while proper maternal care ensures that mothers can fully recover and remain empowered.

Answer 4

MORTALITY RATE

Question 5

Aside from the reason that people engage less in combat and are less likely to die in treatable diseases now as opposed to then, science is able to prolong lives by enhancing living status and discovering different remedies to most diseases. Distribution of medicines is also made easier and faster.

Answer 5

AVERAGE LIFESPAN

Question 6

Access to education provided to more individuals generally creates a more informed public that could determine a more just society.

Answer 6

LITERACY RATE

Question 7

Although not an indicator of an average person lifestyle in a certain country, it is often used to determine the value of the country’s goods and services produced within the territory given a certain time period. Higher country income is brought upon by high productivity, often an indicator of presence of technology.

Answer 7

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)

Question 8

• Whether ______ or _____, people are trying to make sense of events happening in the world on the basis of either of these two paradigm.

Answer 8

science or religion