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1. How has world population changed during the last half century?
2. True or False: If current trends continue, it is likely that the world’s
population will actually decrease during the next century.
3. Discuss some of the factors that have contributed to the changes over the last
century and that might influence population levels over the next century.
4. True or False: The United States has the world’s largest population.
5. The continent with the most countries ranked in the top ten in terms of population
is _____________. (Asia, Europe, North America, or South America)
6. True or False: Africa, one of the largest continents of the world geographically,
has only one of the worlds top ten most populous countries.
7. True or False: India, the second most populous country in the world, also
has the world’s fastest population growth rate.
8. True or False: Russia, the largest country in the world geographically,
has a negative population growth rate (i.e., its population is actually shrinking).
9. Overall, which of the following regions appears to be experiencing the fastest
population growth rates? (Africa, Eastern Europe, North America, or South America)
10. True or False: Western Europe, one of the world’s wealthiest regions, has
a population growth rate that greater than the Middle East.
11. Which of the following regions tend to have the highest GDP per capita? (Africa,
Asia, The Middle East, South America, or West Europe)
12. Which of the following regions tend to have the lowest GDP per capita? (Africa,
Asia, The Middle East, South America, or West Europe)
13. True or False: Countries with high GDP per capita rates also tend to have
high population growth rates.
14. What might explain the relationship between GDP per capita and population growth
rates?
15. Which of the following regions has the highest death rate? (Africa, Australia,
The Middle East, North America, or South America)
16. True or False: The United States has the lowest death rate.
17. True or False: The United States has the highest rate of AIDS cases per
100,000 people.
18. Which of the following regions has the most countries in the highest range of
AIDS cases (13.8 to 165.5/100,000)? (Africa, Europe, The Middle East, North America,
or South America)
19. Which of the following regions has the fewest countries in the highest range of
AIDS cases (13.8 to 165.5/100,000)? (Africa, Europe, The Middle East, North America,
or South America)
20. Countries in which of the following region typically spend the least on public
health care? (Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, or South America)
21. Based on what you’ve learned about global and regional population, economics,
and health, discuss the ways that these issues are related to one another, and why
they are critically important international challenges.
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