You MUST use the World Wide Web (WWW) to answer the questions in this homework assignment. Your name at the top of this page is taken to be your word that you have personally obtained your own answers by using the WWW. You may work together with classmates on this assigment, but ultimately each student needs to access each website and acquire the information for herself/himself. This assignment is worth 50 points. You must write legibly. Due by 5 p.m. on Friday, September 17, 2004.
I encourage you to explore each of the websites in this exercise a bit more than is needed to simply obtain the required information to satisfy this assignment. These WWW sites have a wealth of useful economic geography data and a host of links to related sites.
If you're new at searching for information on the WWW, I suggest that you go to the "INTERNET GEOGRAPHER" which features an online tutorial on Internet information skills for geographers at http://www.sosig.ac.uk/vts/geographer/ to get a few pointers; the "Discover" section gives suggestions for how to improve your Internet searching ability.
World Population: __________________________________________.
Date and Time of World Estimate: _____________________________.
U.S. Population: ____________________________________________.
Date and Time of U.S. Estimate: ______________________________.
Open the United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN) webpage at <http://www.un.org/popin/> and explore the variety of information available at this website.
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics states that there are about
800 million illiterate adults in the world, about two-thirds of whom
are women; according to this
agency, what is the definition of literacy?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Check the 2004 World Population Data Sheet from the Population Reference Bureau to find the answers to the following questions.
What country has the highest percentage of its population
infected with HIV/AIDS, and what is that percentage?
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What is GNI PPP per capita?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Which country in Southeast Asia has the highest GNI PPP per
capita, and what is that amount?
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Which country in the Caribbean has the lowest GNI PPP per capita, and what is that amount? ____________________________________________________.
Per capita personal income in Oklahoma was how much below the U. S. average in 2003?
_______________ (in percent)
1969? ___________________.
2002? ___________________.
What percentage of total personal income in Adair County, Oklahoma came from "income maintenance benefits payments (a category of personl current transfer receipts) in:
1969? ___________________.
2002? ___________________.
Put the following top ten industries (sources of personal income) in rank order (from highest #1 to lowest #10) as sources of personal income in Cherokee County, Oklahoma in 2002: Farming earnings, Construction, Retail Trade, Finance and insurance, Health care and social assistance, Accommodation and food services, Other services, Federal (civilian) government, State government, and Local government. Clue: Cherokee County is a "local area." Check the "Detailed income and employment tables by NAICS industry."
#1 _______________________________________ #6 ____________________________________________
#2 _______________________________________ #7 ____________________________________________
#3 _______________________________________ #8 ____________________________________________
#4 _______________________________________ #9 ____________________________________________
#5 _______________________________________ #10 ____________________________________________
The apportionment population of the U. S. on Census Day, April 1, 2000 was?
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Which states will lose more than one seat in the House of Representatives due to apportionment for the 108th Congress?
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Which states will gain more than one seat in the House of Representatives due to apportionment for the 108th Congress?
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The average farm size in the U.S. changed by what percentage from 1992 to 2002? ___________________
In the U.S. in 2002 the "market value of livestock, poultry and their products" sold was how much more than the "market value of
crops" sold? ___________________________________(in dollars)
Using the 2002 Agricultural Atlas of the U.S. found at <http://www.nass.usda.gov/research/atlas02/>
answer the following questions.
Which state bordering the Mississippi River had the highest percentage of land in farms irrigated in 2002?
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Which two states had the greatest overall decrease in the number of turkeys sold between 1997 and 2002?
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Which where the top three rice producing states in the U.S. in 2002 (based on acres of rice)?
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How many dollars in sales (adjusted) were subject to sales taxes in Delaware County, Oklahoma in January 2001?
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What was the size of the labor force and the unemployment rate in the Tulsa MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) in Janaury 2003?
Labor Force ________________________ Unemployment rate (%) _________________________