According to Hess’s theory, what might happen if the magma under a mid-ocean ridge cools? The magnetic stripes might reverse direction. The deep-ocean trench might become deeper. The crust at the ridge might form more quickly. The plates on either side of the ridge might stop moving.

i would say b probably

most cajuns resided in acadiana, where their descendants are still predominant

even though you have attached neither the chart nor the generalizations, i have located them online. the right answer is d, since they are asking you about a generalization. you can only infer from the chart that between 2008 and 2009 the number of employed workers decreased significantly (from over 115 millions to 107 millions approximately), which signals some type of economic crisis.