Why does the U. S. government have at least fifteen agencies that regulate food? A. Congress created the system in a piecemeal fashion without concern for how the system works as a whole. B. The systems for producing food are so complex that it would be nearly impossible to regulate food production without using so many agencies. C. The U. S. government is committed to inspecting all food before it reaches the consumer-a gargantuan task that requires many agencies to complete. D. Food can be regulated more efficiently when many agencies are involved in completing the task.

Food can be regulated more efficiently when many agencies are involved in completing the task.

absolute poverty the condition of having too little income to buy the necessities-- food, shelter, clothing, health care.

achieved status a social position (status) obtained through an individual's own talents and efforts.

affirmative action the requirement that employers make special efforts to recruits hire and promote qualified members of previously excluded groups including women and minorities.

aggregate a collection of unrelated people who do not know one another but who may occupy a common space--for example, a crowd of people crossing a city street.

agrarian societies societies in which large scale cultivation using plows and draft animals is the primary means of subsistence.

alienation the separation or estrangement of individuals from themselves and from others.

amalgamation the biological as well as cultural assimilation (merging) of racial or ethnic groups.

anomalies in science observations or problems that cannot be explained or solved in terms of a prevailing paradigm.

anomie a breakdown or confusion in the norms, values, and culture of a group or a society. a condition of relative normlessness.

anomie theory the theory suggesting that deviance and crime occur when there is an acute gap between cultural norms and goals and the socially structured opportunities for individuals to achieve those goals.

anticipatory socialization the process of taking on the attitudes values and behaviors of a status or role one expects to occupy in the future.

apartheid the recent policy of racial separation in south africa enforced by leg

explanation:

a. the moon was locked into orbit by the earths gravity as it was passing by and capture hypothesis i think