Although China has the largest population in the world, what explains the country's declining NIR?
A) AIDS pandemic
B) famine
C) a 30-year population control policy
D) high numbers of emigrants leaving China
E) government provided contraceptives
Question 2
Japan's population decline is directly attributed to
A) the legacy of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States.
B) the 201l earthquake, tsunami and consequent nuclear explosion.
C) a demographic shift to smaller families and more women in the workforce.
D) a legacy of inadequate pollution controls.
E) impoverished urban populations suffering from lack of sanitation and health care facilities.
teaching children about some of the world’s environmental problems
Young children typically are boundlessly curious about the world around them.
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Metallic Resources in the World
Demographic transition model for changes in population growth rates and sizes, correlated with long-