A child born in a low-HDI country has a life expectancy of about 59 years, which is __________ years less than in medium-HDI countries and ___________ years less than in very-high-HDI countries.
a. 5; 15
b. 12; 20
c. 13; 24
d. 1; 2
Question 2Adoption is a legal process through which the rights and duties of parenting are transferred from a child's biological parents and/or legal parents to new legal parents. According to the text's discussion of adoption, __________.
a. a new birth certificate is issued in most adoptions
b. matching adoptable children with prospective adoptive parents is a straightforward process
c. more infants are available for adoption today than in the past
d. today very few U.S. parents seek to adopt children from developing nations
Question 3__________ is the number of people living in a specific geographic area.
a. Population distribution b. Migration
c. Emigration d. Density
Question 4The average life expectancy at birth of people in low-HDI countries is about __________ years less than that of people in high-HDI nations.
a. 15
b. 23
c. 20
d. 35
Question 5The difference in the terms child-free and childless indicate_________________.
a. whether couples are infertile
b. whether infertility was due to problems with the man or the woman
c. whether a child was desired in the first place
d. regional differences in language
Question 6__________ refers to the physical location of people throughout a geographic area.
a. Migration b. Distribution
c. Population density d. Immigration