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What is Natural Increase? |
The difference between the number of live births and the number of deaths occurring in the year. |
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Why did China build the Three Gorges Dam? |
It was built across the Yangtze River to help control the amount of water that would flow through and to help with all the energy they use. This created an enormous artificial lake which has become an international tourist attraction. |
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What are the pros / cons of building this dam? |
PROS 1) Clean Power Source 2) Lower Manufacturing Costs 3) Tourist Attraction 4) Tourist Attraction 5) River Navigation CONS 1) Devastated Wildlife 2) Relocation And Inadequate Compensation 3) Earthquake and Landslide Trigger 4) Destruction Of Historical Sites 5) Environmental Impacts |
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What was the goal of China’s one-child policy? |
Trying to get to zero population growth, reduced the strain of food and water supplies, reduced the excess amount of workers, healthier families, and more money to spend. |
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How has China been able to increase their GDP? What is GDP? |
Increasing their SEZ zones because more people want to start a business there.The momentary value of all the finished goods and services within a country's borders in a specific time period. |
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What are SEZ’s? What purpose do they serve? |
Special Economic zones, they let business have the freedom decide what produce and at what prices. |
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What percent of China’s energy comes from coal? What problems is that causing? |
65%, This object pollutes the air and can spread diseases.
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Describe the physical geography of Japan. How has this impacted the country? |
Location: Japan consists of several thousands of islands. Japan's closest neighbors are Korea, Russia and China.
This impacts them becasue it is mostly made up of mountains, therefore it is hard to live in those areas. |
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What impact does Japan’s population density have on public transportation in Japan? |
It takes more time to get to work because so many people need to get places and not many have their own cars.
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What impact does population density have on health? |
Smoke from factories and exhaust from cars can cause breathing problems. Sewage and wastewater poison rivers. Garbage, though, remains a problem. In 1972, Tokyo opened a huge trash dump on an island in Tokyo Bay. It filled up in just eight years. One of the worst pollution problems occurred in the 1950s. Local factories dumped mercury, which is highly toxic, into Minamata Bay.
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What has new technology such as earthquake proof buildings impact Japan? |
Building skyscrapers that can withstand severe shaking. Building up, will also create more space for other buildings since the population is so large.
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What are the problems facing Japan’s falling population? |
How do they plan on stopping this?They won’t have enough people for all the jobs that need to be done. The economy could crash. Giving people 10,000 dollars to have another child. Trying to attract young immigrants to the country.
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