China is ranked first in Mtoe. What does Mtoe mean?
a. the amount of fossil fuels burned over a week
b. coal use per capita
c. million tons of oil equivalent
d. reductions in population growth
Question 2
Four conditions must be met for significant numbers of elderly people to be able to withdraw from the labor force. Which is NOT one of these conditions?
a. A society must produce an economic surplus that is large enough to support its nonemployed members.
b. There must be a mechanism in place to divert some of that surplus to the nonemployed members.
c. The nonemployed members must have accumulated an acceptable number of years of productivity to warrant support by the other members of society.
d. Nonemployed members should be viewed negatively by the rest of society as an incentive to keep people employed.
Doctors in China pray before operating
Modern Human Fossil Sites in the Old World
Fossil remains of anatomically modern humans from the Czech Republic and from China (center crania)
Water amount needed to grow crops
Energy Resources: Fossil Fuels