Posted by 4Brooke on September 19, 2011 at 11:22am
Graduated Income Tax- the more money you make the more taxes you pay.Questions:1. According to the video, who or what might be the biggest threat to planet Earth? Ourselves2. What effects does overpopulation have on Earth?lack of basic needs3. How does world population growth effect water, food and energy?there will be less of it4. Where is the world's population data held?New york, United Nations5. What is the United Nations?were the files are held6. How many people will live on Earth by 2050?9 billion by then7. Where is the greatest population growth going to take place?UK, India, and China, Afganistan, Africa8. What has kept the world's population in check for most of human history?nature9. Why did the population boom starting in 1800?controls of death rates10. What did Malthus say the problem of population growth is?Power of population is greater then power of earth's soures and their won't be enough sources for how many poeple will be on Earth.11. How many people lack access to safe drinking water in the world?more than a billion12. What is the importance of water to people and Earth?we need it to surivive and because it is on shortages. things dont get made, aniamls dont get fed, people dont get water. We die.13. Why not just desalinate sea water?it is very highly costy and it can cause damages, and uses to much energy.14. What did Iowa farmer Norman Borlaug do that helped the world's food supply?he started the green reluvtion. he also taught others better farming methods. He started to find wheat that help dieses15. What are some developed countries doing in developing countries in regards to farming?buying land from other counrties, and farming the and sending it back to their own land.16. According to the host of the video, what three things must people do to ensure that future generations have enough food and resources?Stop consuming so many resoures, change technongly, reduce the growth of our population17. What did China and India do in the 1970's to try to reduce population? Which country was successful?Step up festivals where men were sterized so they couldnt have kids anymore. China (one child law)18. What two things are very important to women(and men as well) in helping bring down the fertility rate?Educations and had to be able to run their own lives.We went over what he has avabible to study for the test.-Population Powerpoint-Links to what will be on the test.- 9/11 questions and video questions.-News to know.- Podcast reviewSouth America map
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