Geography due in 6 days

Part 1:

Complete the following chart using the data from page 6 of the booklet Canada at a Glance, or go to  Booklet.pdf  and scroll down to the Health section of the table of contents. Click on Life expectancy and Infant mortality to view the PDF files. Years  Life expectancy at birth  Infant mortality (death rate per 1,000)

Years
Life expectancy at birth
Infant mortality (death rate per 1,000)

1) What trends are apparent in the data above?

2) What do you think might have caused the trends you observed?

Part 2:

Look at page 12 of the booklet  Booklet.pdf  scroll to International Comparisons and click to view the PDF file. Once you’ve located the information, complete the chart below. First, enter the names of the countries used. Next, enter a rank number for the countries across the row for each indicator listed. (The best would be 1 and the worst 8.) NB: High infant mortality or unemployment rates means that the country will rank lower in quality of life as these are negative characteristics of a population.

Country
Infant mortality rate
Life expectancy
GDP per capita
Unemploy-ment rate
Public expenditure on health
Public expenditure on public education

Part 3:

It's time to tally your results in the following table. Add up the rank order numbers for each country to get a total quality of life score. Next, divide the total by 6 (the number of indicators used) to get an average quality of life ranking.

Country	Total quality of life score	Average quality of life ranking

1) Of the eight countries listed, which three had the best average quality of life ranking?

2) Of the eight countries listed, which three had the worst average quality of life ranking?

 Discussion

Draft an email you could send to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations about your concerns regarding the diminishing amount of cropland worldwide. Post your discussion and respond to another person's discussion. You can only respond to an posting that has replies.