10 Questions
True or false:The global population is predicted to reach 15 billion by 2100.
False
True or false: The availability of contraception has had no impact on the global birth rate.
False
True or false: Over 60% of the world's population lives in extreme poverty.
False
True or false: The UN target of eradicating poverty by 2030 is unlikely to be achieved.
False
True or false: Life expectancy and birth rates have no impact on the stabilization of the global population.
False
True or false: Terrorism has decreased in recent years.
False
True or false: Since World War II, wars have killed more soldiers than civilians.
False
True or false: The global murder rate has increased significantly since 2000.
False
True or false: Global warming is not a major problem that needs to be addressed.
False
True or false: All news is bad news.
False
Study Notes
- Global population is predicted to reach 11 billion by 2100, but the rate of increase is slowing down due to falling birth rates.
- Wider availability of contraception has led to a decline in the global average number of babies per woman from six to as low as two.
- 60% of the world falls into a middle-income group, with only 11.6% living in extreme poverty.
- International aid could realistically achieve the UN target of eradicating poverty by 2030.
- Life expectancy goes up, birth rates go down, and the global population stabilizes as poverty goes down.
- Countries are mostly co-existing more peacefully than in the past, but terrorism has increased in recent years.
- Wars have killed more civilians than soldiers since World War II.
- The global murder rate fell slightly from 8 per 100,000 people in 2000 to about 5.3 in 2015.
- The world is not perfect, and there are still huge problems to be addressed, such as global warming and fair distribution of wealth and natural resources.
- Not all news is bad news, despite what the TV and newspapers might say.
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