Letter D.
Since HDI (Human Development Index) - an index of population and their capabilities, is the ultimate criteria for determining the human living conditions on a country, it is the most accurate measure of the <u>standard of living</u> on it. The table shows us that a country with a high GDP (Gross Domestic Product) index, does not necessarily rank as high on the HDI (Take China, for example, which has the world's second higher GDP, but ranks the 101st position on HDI).
On other hand, Norway, which is on 23rd rank on GDP, occupies number 1 on both GNI and HDI.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Former colonies threw off many aspects of colonial rule, but they have kept the essential elements of the state. New states in former colonies were fundamentally different than the experiences of older states in that <em>the new states were trying to develop state institutions with not as much resources than previous states did and in less time.</em>
For instance, the first example was the House of Burgesses in the colony of Virginia. It was the first intent of Virginians to have their own legislative body to create its own laws, trying to get some independence from the British monarchy.
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American Revolutionary War
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