Snapshots.
Major Religions of the World
Christianity 32.9%
Judaism 0.2%
Islam 19.9%
Sikhism 0.4%
Hinduism 13.3%
Chinese folk religions 6.3%
Buddhism 5.9%
Ethnic religions 3.8%
Nonreligious or atheist 14.9%
Other 2.4%
SOURCE: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA 2004 BOOK OF THE YEAR
Note: Table made from pie chart.
Wealthiest/Poorest Nations
(by per capita GDP in U.S. dollars)
WEALTHIEST
Luxembourg $55,100
Norway $37,800
United States $37,800
San Marino $34,600
Switzerland $32,700
POOREST
East Timor $500
Sierra Leone $500
Somalia $500
Burundi $600
Tanzania $600
SOURCE: THE WORLD FACTBOOK 2004, CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Top 10 Soda Drinkers
(gallons consumed per capita in 2003)
United States 1 51.7
Mexico 2 33.3
Norway 3 32.2
Ireland 4 32.0
Canada 5 30.9
Belgium 6 28.9
Australia 7 27.3
Netherlands 8 26.4
Chile 9 26.3
Spain 10 26.0
SOURCE: EUROMONITOR
Languages Spoken by the Most
People as "First Language"
(millions of speakers)
Mandarin Chinese 874
Hindi 366
English 341
Spanish 322
Bengali 207
Portuguese 176
Russian 167
Japanese 125
German 100
Korean 78
French 77
Wu Chinese 77
Javanese 75
Yue Chinese 71
Telugu 69
SOURCE: ETHNOLOGUE VOLUME I,
LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD, 14TH EDITION
Life Expectancy at Birth
(average lifespan in years for both males & females)
HIGHEST
Andorra 83.50
San Marino 81.53
Singapore 81.53
Japan 81.04
Switzerland 80.31
LOWEST
Bostwana 30.76
Zambia 35.18
Angola 36.79
Lesotho 36.81
Mozambique 37.10
The U.S. ranks 48th with a life expectancy of 77.43 years.
SOURCE: THE WORLD FACTBOOK 2004, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
U.S. Foreign-Born Population:
Top 5 Countries of origin
(in thousands)
1960
Italy 1,256
Germany 989
Canada 953
Great Britain 764
Poland 747
2000
Mexico 7,841
Philippines 1,222
China & Hong Kong 1,066
India 1,007
Cuba 952
SOURCE: BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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6. 50 Cent
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(This is an open-book test.) 1. -- is the religion of nearly 6 percent of the world's 6.4 billion people. 2. People who live in -- rank 10th in the world in their consumption of --. 3. If you divide Switzerland's per capita [Latin, By the heads or polls.] A term used in the Descent and Distribution of the estate of one who dies without a will. It means to share and share alike according to the number of individuals. GDP GDP (guanosine diphosphate): see guanine. by two and then add $150, you'll, get the per capita GDP of the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. , a country not shown in "Snapshots." What is the per capita GDP of the Czech Republic? -- 4. If you multiply mul·ti·ply v. 1. To increase the amount, number, or degree of. 2. To breed or propagate. by three the number of people who speak -- as their first language, you'll, obtain the number of people who speak Bengali as their first language. 5. "Snapshots" reports that 341 million people speak English as a first language. But millions of people in Asia, Africa, Europe, and other places are also fluent fluent /flu·ent/ (floo´int) flowing effortlessly; said of speech. in English. What might account for their fluency flu·ent adj. 1. a. Able to express oneself readily and effortlessly: a fluent speaker; fluent in three languages. b. in a language that is not their mother tongue mother tongue n. 1. One's native language. 2. A parent language. mother tongue Noun the language first learned by a child Noun 1. ? -- 6. If you add the life expectancies Life Expectancy 1. The age until which a person is expected to live. 2. The remaining number of years an individual is expected to live, based on IRS issued life expectancy tables. of Mozambique and Lesotho, you'll get a total that is still 3.52 years shorter than the life expectancy of people in --. 7. "Snapshots" reports that the U.S. ranks 48th in life expectancy. Suggest one or two reasons why the U.S. ranks behind other developed countries. -- 8. Offer a reason why the countries of origin of the foreign-born population of the U.S. has shifted away from Europe and Canada and toward other countries. -- Answer Key Upfront Quiz A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or in teams) attempt to answer questions correctly. Quizzes are also brief assessments used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills. 3 * page TE6 1. Buddhism. 2. Spain/soda. 3. $15,700. 4. Telugu. 5. Answers will vary, but might include the fact that American culture is popular around the world and that the English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. is used in trade and other international business. 6. the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . 7. Answers will vary; but could include better access to medical care, healthier climate, less stress. Any other reasonable answer should be accepted. 8. Answers will vary, but might mention that people in poor countries are more motivated to seek a better life than people in wealthier countries. Reasonable answers, should be accepted. (You might also tell students that immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. restrictions on people from Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , Asia, and other regions were lifted in the 1960s, thus allowing a greater influx of people from those regions.) |
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