Ch 40 Stats

Question 1

US federal tax receipts

Answer 1

corporations- 30% of federal taxes to 12%

Question 2

Mutual defense treaty

Answer 2

Japan cannot spend more than 1% of GNP on defense

Question 3

Four little tigers

Answer 3

Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan

Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia

Question 4

1997 Financial crisis

Answer 4

Thai stock market lost 75% of it’s value

Question 5

European Union

Answer 5

France, W Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg

Question 6

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Companies

Answer 6

Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela

Libya, Qatar, Indonesia, Abu Dhabi, Algeria, Nigeria, Ecuador, and Gabon

Question 7

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Answer 7

Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Phillipines

Question 8

Population Increase

Answer 8

Fivefold increase over 300 years;

1650: 500m
1950: 2.5b

Question 9

Population Growth

Answer 9

Developing nations: 3.1%+, doubling population in 23 years

1994: 5.5b people on earth
2200: Earth’s population will stabilize at 11.6b

100m people added to populating each year

Question 10

Extinction

Answer 10

Endangers 4500 animal species

Question 11

Poverty

Answer 11

700m people daily in developing countries struggle

Question 12

International Labor Organization

Answer 12

250m children (5-14) work around the world 
affects 50m children in India

Question 13

Human trafficking

Answer 13

1-2m humans are affected each year

Question 14

Native American disease

Answer 14

Unexposed; kills 90% of population in 150yrs

Question 15

Influenza

Answer 15

Killed 20-40m people (1918-1919)

Question 16

HIV/AIDS

Answer 16

2003: 37.8m infected, 25m in Africa
Beginning: over 20m deaths

Africa:
Could lead to 75m drop in population by 2010
2005-2010: life expectancy 59-45yrs
80% of children with AIDS
10m orphans, will have 40m orphans

Question 17

Tourism

Answer 17

Economic value: 3.6trillion, 10.6% of GGP

work for 255m people

Question 18

Immigrants

Answer 18

1960: 13m “guest workers” to W Europe
10m migrants to US
Foreigners: 1/2 of workers in southwest Asia
130m people live outside of citizen country

Question 19

Urbanization

Answer 19

Proportion for people living in urban areas: 75%+, Germany: 85%+
Latin America: 50-65%

10m people in environs of cities

Question 20

External Migration

Answer 20

60m+ euro migrants from Europe colonized
Atlantic migration: 37m European migrants -> US
Slave traders consigned 12m Africans to America

Question 21

Nazi migration

Answer 21

8m to labor sites and camps

Soviet regime: 10m Germans

Question 22

Refugees fleeing war

Answer 22

India partition: 6m Hindus, 7m Muslims
3m-4m fled Afganhistan

10m refugees who couldn’t return

Question 23

Dowry death

Answer 23

500 husbands set fire to wives in Pakistan

India: 6k dowry deaths, unofficial: 25k

Question 24

Female literacy rates

Answer 24

Arab and Muslim: girls are twice as likely as men to be illiterate (some 9/10 are illiterate)

2001: Indian female literacy reached 54%, 1/4 working -> domesticity

Question 25

Feminist

Answer 25

Women: 40-50% of workforce in industrial societies, 20% in developing countries, 10% in Islamic societies African women: produce 70% of food

Question 26

UN efforts

Answer 26

50% decrease in child and infant mortality rates In developing countries Promoted female literacy rates (50.8% in Africa) Safe water to 1b people in rural areas

Question 27

Growth of world trade

Answer 27

1948-1966; 6.6% annually 1966-1977; 9.2% annually Exceeded 6 tril. USD, 2x 1980

Question 28

Iraq War cost

Answer 28

$4b USD per month