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Governments often enact population policies to decrease or limit population growth for all of the following reasons except __________.

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to maintain a national majority
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to lessen food or land shortages
C
to alleviate growing economic pressures
D
to improve the standard of living
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Governments typically establish population policies for all of the following reasons except __________.

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to limit population growth
B
to encourage the growth of an ethnic group
C
to lower the standard of living for all citizens
D
to encourage population growth
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Governments are most often motivated to eliminate a population because of the effects of __________.

A
international alliances
B
financial incentives
C
racism and ethnic hatred
D
environmental challenges
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Partly because of the effects of AIDS on Botswana’s adult population, the majority of the country’s population is __________.

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30 to 50 years old
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40 to 60 years old
C
under 5 years old
D
under 20 years old
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According to the World Health Organization, if a sample of 1,000 deaths from around the world was taken, the majority of deaths would be in __________.

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developed countries
B
developing countries
C
industrialized countries
D
the Western Hemisphere
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Which of the following factors is not a reason why nations located along the Equator are more affected by disease?

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Many of these nations have low literacy rates.
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Many of these nations have unstable governments.
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Many of these nations have advanced industrial economies.
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Many of these nations have largely agricultural economies.
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Deaths by traffic accident are more likely to occur in __________.

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high-income countries
B
middle-income countries
C
low-income countries
D
poor countries
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