Health is Wealth
Around half of the immigrants coming into the U.S. are either Hispanic or __________.
Asian
Nigeria in Africa and Pakistan in Asia have High or Low birthrates?
High birthrates
The world population is growing fast or slow?
Slow
The number of people per square mile is known as its population ________.
Density
Russia, Japan, and Europe have: High or Low birthrates?
Low birthrates
By the year 2050, the population of the world will be around __ __ billion people.
10 billion
Baby Boomers were born from the years 1947 to 19__ __.
1961
Europe, Japan, and China need lots of workers: True or False
True
In the United States around __ __% of people live in rural areas.
20%
Two crops needed for food and biofuels are corn and _______.
Soybeans
By the year 2030 20% of the U.S. population will be at age ____ or older.
65
Where birthrate equals death rate is known as ____ population growth.
Zero
Three factors that influence health are: 1) Healthcare, 2) safe drinking water, and 3)________________.
Adequate food
The United States needs around __ __ __,000 workers to come in and work every year.
700,000 workers
What country gives $5000 to parent for each child under age 18?
Canada
Increasing food supply and ______ will help with population growth.
Controlling disease
Women use birth control to 1) time their birth, 2) wait to begin family, and 3)_____________.
Control size of family
Measure of the land area needed to provide resources and absorb wastes is its ecological ______.
Footprint
In India and Indonesia cholera deaths went down because of _____________.
Improved sanitory conditions
In Europe, Canada, U.S., Australia, and New Zealand the per capita income is around $__ __,000
$ 40,000
The single most important activity needed to reduce world population is ______________.
Educate women
The number of children per woman to replace the population is ____ children.
2.1 children
Number of people in each age group is known as age ______________.
Distribution
Some families in the world want lots of children because: 1) children care for parents, 2) children can die, and 3)_______________.
Children are needed to work
Four things that affect fertility rates are: 1) tradition, 2) social things, 3) economic reasons, and 4) ________ reasons.
Religious reasons