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1%: In 2006 the U.S. personal savings rate had fallen to what percent of income?
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5 million: What fraction of the 1,250,000,000 tobacco users are predicted to die as a result?
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67 years old: In 2027 how old will you have to be to draw Social Security?
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70 years: At current rates of increase, how long will it take the US population to double?
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111 million: How many million people over 60 are expected to be added to the U.S. population from 2010-2050?
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Africa: Continent has the most countries with HIV/AIDS incidences of over 15%?
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African diaspora: Migration out of Africa is called what?
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Australia: Which continent has less than half of 1% of its people infected with HIV/AIDS?
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Black Americans started moving to industrialized Northern cities before what war?: World War I
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Brain Drain: A country losing their best-educated and most skilled workers to more developed countries is a victim of what?
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Canada: Which is smallest on a cartogram of population: Canada, Japan, or Mexico?
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China: Which country is largest on a cartogram of world population?
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Christopher Columbus: Syphilis was introduced to Europe by a crew member of whose expedition?
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Crude birth rate: The annual # of live births per 1,000 people is called what?
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Culture mosaic: The U.S. calls itself a melting pot; What does Canada call itself?
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Domestication: Term describes the act of taming and training animalsf
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Female Sterilization: What is the world's most widespread form of birth control?
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Five: Under natural conditions how many more male babies are born than female?
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Greenland is how much larger than Texas?: 3 times the size
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Japan: Of wealthy countries, which one limits immigration most severely?
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Latin Americans: What part of the Americans were some people classified as zambo?
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Livestock: Who takes about 70% of all antibiotics produced in the USA?
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Mexico abolished slavery how many years before the USA did?: 44 years
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Nelson Mandela: What imprisoned civil rights leader became president and won a Nobel Prize?
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Netherlands: This country requires potential immigrants to learn about their country by watching a film that includes a topless woman as well as men kissing.
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New Zealand: What country are the native peoples called Maoris?
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One percent: Chinese-Americans make up what percent of the U.S. population?
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over 65: About 2/3 of China's population growth between 2005 & 2025 will be in what age group?
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Pathogens: A disease causing organism that enters and multiplies in the body.
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Respiratory infections: What are the deadliest communicable diseases in the world?
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Singapore: What country has 3.9 square miles of agricultural land for the entire country?
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Smallpox: What virus do some countries keep as a potential weapon?
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What 4 countries in the Western Hemisphere have the highest rates of population increase?: Canada, U.S., South America, and Australia
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What countries were president Obama's parents from?: Kenyan father and American mother
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What country is all but 5% mestizo?: Chile
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What did Malthus believe would eventually happen?: The future of humankind would consist of endless cycles of war, prestilence, and famine.
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What do push and pull factors do?: Push factors drive people away
Pull factors attract people to new destinations
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Which Christian group opposes all forms of birth control technology?: Catholics
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Who are the indigenous people of the USA?: Natives/Indians
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Why might those who agree with Malthus be called "Catastrophians"?: Cause Malthus didn't believe preventive checks could control population growth
