Questions

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Questions

  1. What do CE and BCE mean? Why are they used?
  2. Why was population relatively stable for most of human history? When did that begin to change? Why? 
  3. How did population change contribute both to the rise and to the fall of cultures?
  4. Name three early scientific or technological advances that stimulated economic and food production.
  5. Explain the correlation of population growth and the age of European exploration and colonization.
  6. Identify three factors leading to rapid population growth in the last 200 years. How would your life be different (or how many people that you know might not be alive) without those advances?
  7. What is "carrying capacity?" What sorts of things can affect it?
  8. What is an environmental (or ecological) footprint?
  9. Why do some people around the world actually need to increase consumption? Give an example of how/why this would work.
  10. Is the comparison between Bati, Jyoti, and Warren 'fair?' Why or why not?