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Pathways Unit 9
Questions, p194
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where did the world's population increase the most in the second half of the twentieth century? | In developing countries. |
| What are three of the most rapidly growing language groups? | Bengali (spoken in Bangladesh and India), Tamil (spoken in Sri Lanka and India), and Malay (spoken in parts of Southeast Asia) |
| Why is the dominance of one language useful in science? | Because allows for greater international collaboration and research, making possible to publish scientific articles to broader audience. |
| How much scientific literature is already published in English? | More than 90% of journal literature in some scientific fields is already published in English. |
| What is an example of a dominant language that died? When and Where was it dominant? | Latin, for example, dominated in Europe until the end of 1600s, when English emerged. |
| Why were Arabic, Mandarin, English, French, Russian, and Spanish chosen as the official languas of the United States? Give two reasons. | Because They are official language in more than half (100) of the countries in the world, and they constitute the first or second language of 2.8 billion people on the planet, about 40% of the world's population. |
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