Why did Joseph Bank regard Australia as an empty land?
a. Its population was low.
b. It was mostly flat land, without significant mountain ranges.
c. It did not produce profitable crops.
d. It has very few trees.
e. Its aboriginal inhabitants had not improved it, for instance fencing off vast land holdings for sheep.
Question 2
By 1750, the reforms of the Yoshimune government
a. actually advanced Japan into becoming a major economic power in the East.
b. prevented unrest in the countryside.
c. allowed the use of unpaid labor, which helped the farmer produce for the urban market.
d. allowed Japan's economy to do no more than struggle to just stand still.
e. passed reforms that allowed for greater access to water and forest products by farmers.
Estimating cicada population size and predation rates by birds.
Details of plant population biology from repeat photography: (a) saguaro cactus in MacDougal Crater,
The Distribution of the World's Land and Population
Population growth and growth rate, 1950 - 2100
Distribution of the World’s Population
Important Land Ecoregions