World Affairs Test Flashcards

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Landmass in square miles and a number of people. To calculate population density, divide the population by area. For example, Russia has only about 22 people per square mile

A

Area and population

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The percent of a country’s population was living in urban areas. Urbanization is on the rise worldwide as people over cities in search of work

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Urban population

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3
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Type of government and current leader. Vladimir Putin first became Russia’s president in 1999

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Political system and head government

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4
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Percentage of people who can read and write. The first number is for men, the second for women

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Literacy Rate

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5
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The year a nation was established, gained independence, took on its modern form.

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Date of origin

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The value of all goods and services produced within a country in 1 year. Divided by population. It’s a way to gauge a nation wealth

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Per capita GDP

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7
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The birth rate minus the death rate. (Without factoring in immigration) for the most recent year available

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Percentage of population increase

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They are nearly 7,000 languages spoken around the world. There area bout 171 million nation speakers of Russian the dominant language in Russia.

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Languages

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9
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In Russia, just 17% of the population is under 15. Compare that with Afghanistan where 44% of the population is 15.

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percentage of population under 15

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10
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The age to which a newborn infant can expect to live. The first number is for men the second number is for women

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Life expectancy

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a measure of economic and social well-being on a scale of 0 - 1, 1 is the highest HDI factors include life expectancy education levels an average income.

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HDI Human development index

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