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Quarter 3 Test PREP

Quarter 3 Test PREP. Land area Food availability Natural resources Income level Transportation Culture Availability and quality of jobs. How can we in the USA affect world population?. By teaching and helping poor countries to improve their standard of living.

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Quarter 3 Test PREP

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  1. Quarter 3 Test PREP

  2. Land area Food availability Natural resources Income level Transportation Culture Availability and quality of jobs

  3. How can we in the USA affect world population?

  4. By teaching and helping poor countries to improve their standard of living.

  5. How many people per year were allowed to immigrate to the US before 1970?

  6. About 250 thousand people a year in modern times.

  7. How many people per year are allowed to immigrate to the US now?

  8. About 1 Million people per year

  9. How has the number of immigrants living in the US changed since 1970?

  10. Immigrants have increased from 9.6 million to 26.3 million since 1970.

  11. How quickly is the immigrant population growing in the US?

  12. The immigrant population is growing 6.5 times faster than the native-born population, slightly over 4 percent per year compared to .6 percent per year for natives

  13. Does the US immigration policy help poorer countries to prosper?

  14. Not much. There are over 3 billion impoverished people in the world and growing. We can’t take in enough to make a serious difference.

  15. How are immigrants faring in this country?

  16. Immigrants and their U.S.-born children account for one in five persons living in poverty (22 percent). They are doing better than in their homelands, but still are in rough shape by our standards

  17. Why do so many immigrants have a hard time in this country?

  18. Language difficulties Cultural difficulties Lack of education Lack of good jobs Employer abuse Location, location, location

  19. How can human culture affect the environment?

  20. When a culture results in growth or lifestyle that depletes the environment, the environment becomes degraded and less able to support as many people in the future

  21. Can a degraded environment affect human health?

  22. Our environment is what allows us to survive! When the environment suffers, eventually we suffer as well

  23. What sorts of things go wrong when the environment suffers?

  24. Lack of food Lack of clean water Germs that mutate faster than science can keep up Dirty air harming the lungs Lack of energy . . .

  25. “The Tragedy of the Commons,” Why do shared resources become depleted when the same number of people can have separate resources and not deplete them?

  26. People tend to take better care of their resources when they know that abusing them will result in harm to themselves.

  27. What does supply and demand have to do with our environmental problems?

  28. Scarcity drives up demand, resulting in a larger profit. Larger profits encourage people to deplete resources without regard to future needs.

  29. Why do companies and people in a community see the costs and benefits of pollution control differently?

  30. Companies are in business to make maximum profit. Environmental controls cut into that profit. People want to live long and prosper. In the presence of too much pollution, they will do neither The price is not being paid by the people

  31. What population pressures are caused by large and quickly growing populations?

  32. Governments cannot keep up with the needs of the growing population. Medical Roads Water, sewer, electric Police & Fire departments Food, shelter & jobs

  33. What is an ecological footprint?

  34. The amount of land needed to support each member of a society

  35. How does the US footprint compare to that of India?

  36. The US footprint is the largest in the world, and is unsustainable if the rest of the world uses as much resources as we do.

  37. Why is our standard of living unsustainable?

  38. We are using resources faster than new ones can be developed.

  39. What happens when our fresh water supply becomes smaller?

  40. Water is unavailable for: Industry Food production Wild plants and animals Drinking

  41. What happens when the food supply becomes smaller?

  42. Starvation Disease Wars

  43. Explain how lack of firewood can cause disease and high death rates.

  44. Explain how lack of water causes an increase in disease?

  45. How are plastic bags and balloons dangerous to sea turtles?

  46. They think they are jelly fish and eat them, which clogs their intestines

  47. Why are so many things packaged in plastic packages?

  48. Convenience • Theft control • Appearance Sells!

  49. What are some reasons for cutting down on plastic waste?

  50. Harms Wildlife Uses OIL to make it Long time to break down When it breaks down it leaches toxins

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