Glencoe World Geography

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Country	Population And Density	Percent Urban	Percent Of Population		Projected Population Change 2002-2050 (Percent)	Estimated Population 2050	Infant Mortality Rate Per 1,000	Average Number of Children per Female	Life Expectancy			GDP Per Capita in Dollars	Literacy Rate (%)	Telephones (Mainline) Per 1,000	Cell Phones Per 1,000	Televisions Per 1,000	Personal Computers Per 1,000	Daily Caloric Supply	Percent of People With Access to Medicines	Country
			Under 15	Over 65					Total	Male	Female
Canada	31,600,000	78	19	13	17	36,600,000	5.3	1.5	79	76	81	27,700	97	677	285	694	390.2	3,056	100	Canada
	8 per sq. mi.
	3 per sq. km
United States	291,000,000	75	21	13	44	413,500,000	6.6	2.1	77	74	80	36,300	97	700	398	770	585.2	3,642	99	United States
	291 per sq. mi.
	78 per sq. km

Chart Skills Practice

Unit 2: The United States and Canada

1			The United States and Canada share similar statistics in many categories. Which of the following represents a category in which the two countries are not similar?
			A)	Percent Urban
			B)	Projected Population Change 2002-2050
			C)	Total Life Expectancy
			D)	Literacy Rate
2			Approximately how many people in the United States and Canada combined have cell phones?
			A)	215,486,500
			B)	12,338,000
			C)	122,066,000
			D)	25,569,000
3			If the GDP (gross domestic product) per capita of the United States is $36,300, how many dollars does the economy of the United States produce annually?
			A)	$1,327,350,000
			B)	$15,010,050,000,000
			C)	$7,837,400
			D)	$10,327,350,000,000
4			Using the figures provided in the databank, determine how many people in Canada are under the age of 15.
			A)	17,500,900
			B)	4,030,000
			C)	5,890,000
			D)	12,740,000
5			How many more calories than the average Canadian does the average American consume in one year?
			A)	586
			B)	17,580
			C)	213,890
			D)	1,329,330