Chapter 30: Contemporary World Issues

Question 1

_______ birth rate is too low to take care of the aging population.

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 2

the # of births divided by the population during a given period...

Accepted Answer

Birth Rate

Question 3

Indian City of Mumbai, has about _______ people per square mile.

Accepted Answer

11,500

Question 4

the number of people in a given land area

Accepted Answer

population density

Question 5

the theory that in trade, countries should specialize in the goods that they are most efficient

Accepted Answer

Comparative advantage

Question 6

_______ is to contract out or send offshore

Accepted Answer

Outsource

Question 7

The Arab Spring was a call for...

Accepted Answer

“Yes to democracy and down with dictatorships”

Question 8

What types of conflict does the world face today?

Accepted Answer

All the above

Question 9

Comparative advantage allows countries to ____________ in one product and __________ for others

Accepted Answer

specialize, trade

Question 10

_______the process of increasing the interdependence of the world’s economies

Accepted Answer

Globalization

Question 11

Rwanda- Hutus carried out a genocide of their rival tribe the Tutsis leaving _____ dead.

Accepted Answer

3/4

Question 12

The world is projected to run out of fossil fuels in the next

Accepted Answer

50-100 years

Question 13

Rwanda had the highest population density in the world in 2011.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Global warming and pollution are an issue due to the...

Accepted Answer

the burning of fossil fuels

Question 15

Fossil Fuels include...

Accepted Answer

coal and oil

Question 16

Scientist and demographers estimate the world can hold and feed...

Accepted Answer

10 Billion People

Question 17

the average number of years people live within a given population

Accepted Answer

Average Life Expectancy

Question 18

What is the estimated population of the world today?

Accepted Answer

7.5 Billion

Question 19

Why did the United States fight wars in Afghanistan and Iraq?

Accepted Answer

War on terror

Questions 19