China-The World's Most Populous Country

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What does a country’s rate of natural increase indicate?

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how fast its population is growing each year

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Which statement about China’s population is best supported by the bar graph? Options: It peaked between 1990 and 2000., It will begin to decline after 2010., It will continue to grow until 2050., It doubled between 1950 and 1990.

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It doubled between 1950 and 1990.

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According to the bar graph above, when did China’s population first reach 1 billion?

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in the 1980s

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The Three Gorges Dam is expected to provide all of these benefits except: clean energy, flood control, safer river shipping, more steel production.

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more steel production

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What is the main goal of China’s one-child policy?

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zero population growth

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Which of these policies has been most successful in increasing China’s gross domestic product? Options: the Cultural Revolution, special economic zones, the Great Leap Forward, zero population growth

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special economic zones

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Which conclusion is best supported by this population pyramid?

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There were more boys under age 5 than girls.

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Special economic zones attract more foreign business than other parts of China because they offer companies that locate there

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greater freedom

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Deserts and mountains cut China off from the rest of Asia. These physical features are in the ___ of the region.

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West

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A rate of natural increase higher than ___% is considered high

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2%