WORLD OIL CONSUMPTION COMPARISON QUESTIONS 1.What country has the largest column? What are the reasons that you think that this country has the highest amount? The USA has the largest column. The reasons for this are that America consumes the most in general and we have a lot of oil courtesy of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska. 1.What country has the smallest/lowest? What reasons would cause this country to have a low amount? Afghanistan has the lowest amount. Afghanistan is mostly desert and they wouldn’t be able to afford to pay the drilling costs. 1.Look at the 5 th and 6 th ranked countries. Are they developed, developing, or one of each? Why do you think that they are where they are in the rankings? Use data to help you answer the question. Spain and Australia are both developed countries. Spain has oil all over the country and it is a developed country. Australia is very isolated and it has oil fields spread across the country.

WORLD OIL CONSUMPTION COMPARISON QUESTIONS (CONTINUED) Look at the 7 th and 8 th ranked countries. Are they developing countries? If so, what do they need to do in order to get to the top half of the rankings? Use data from any information to help you answer the question. Afghanistan and the Bahamas are developing countries. It is going to be very difficult for Afghanistan to get more oil because it is mostly a desert. It will have to raise enough money in order to buy some from other close by places. The Bahamas will have to buy oil from the Gulf of Mexico because of how small it is. Name another country (other than the US) that stands out to you on the chart. Describe the cou ntry and what type of impact it has on world consumption. China is the second highest in oil consumption other than the USA. Although it is a developing country it manufactures a lot of the world’s products. Also, because of the population it has, they have to consume a lot and they have enough money to pay for it.

WORLD LITERACY COMPARISON QUESTIONS 1.What country has the largest column? What are the reasons that you think that this country has the highest amount? The USA, France, the Netherlands, and Australia all hold the tying score for first place; 99%. These are all developed and wealthy countries. 1.What country has the smallest/lowest? What reasons would cause this country to have a low amount? Afghanistan has the lowest rate because they are a poor country and most there cannot afford to pay for education. 1.Look at the 5 th and 6 th ranked countries. Are they developed, developing, or one of each? Why do you think that they are where they are in the rankings? Use data to help you answer the question. Spain and the Bahamas are developing and developed. Spain is developed and the Bahamas are developing. Spain is wealthy and the Bahamas has less of a GDP per capita.

WORLD LITERACY COMPARISON QUESTIONS (CONTINUED) 1.Look at the 7 th and 8 th ranked countries. Are they developing countries? If so, what do they need to do in order to get to the top half of the rankings? Use data from any information to help you answer the question. Brazil and Bolivia are both developing countries. They need to just make more money making more GDP, making more GDP per capita each year. 1.Name another country (other than the US) that stands out to you on the chart. Describe the country and what type of impact it has on world consumption. China stood out to me. I thought that since it has a lot from people manufacturing and buying from them that more people would go to school. If more of the Chinese went to school, there would be more of them going to the USA for college.

WORLD COMPARISON OF POPULATION QUESTIONS 1.What country has the largest column? What are the reasons that you think that this country has the highest amount? China has the highest population. It is a large country and it has jobs for manufacturing and trading with other countries. 1.What country has the smallest/lowest? What reasons would cause this country to have a low amount? The Bahamas has the lowest population because of its size and purified water is not always available. 1.Look at the 5 th and 6 th ranked countries. Are they developed, developing, or one of each? Why do you think that they are where they are in the rankings? Use data to help you answer the question. Spain and Afghanistan are the 5 th and 6 th countries. Spain is developed and Afghanistan is developing. Afghanistan is developing and has a low percentage of literacy. Spain has certain places you need to go for fresh water.

WORLD COMPARISON OF POPULATION QUESTIONS (CONTINUED) 1.Look at the 7 th and 8 th ranked countries. Are they developing countries? If so, what do they need to do in order to get to the top half of the rankings? Use data from any information to help you answer the question. Bolivia and the Bahamas are both developing. The Bahamas need more fresh water and Bolivia needs to get the rural areas’ sanitation levels up. 1.Name another country (other than the US) that stands out to you on the chart. Describe the country and what type of impact it has on world consumption. Brazil stands out to me. Brazil is developing and it has a decent literacy rate. It also doesn’t consume that much oil.