1. In a recent speech what term for women did the Japanese health minister use that caused an uproar?

2. What was his speech about? What was his point?

3. How many babies were born in France in 2006?

4. France's fertility rate is babies per woman; Japan's rate is babies per woman.

5. During the post-World War II baby boom Japan's population grew from people to the current people. France's population grew from people to people.

6. While the population of other countries remained low, France's population began to rise about ten years ago. Why?

7. What was Russia's population when the Soviet Union broke up in 1991? Now Russia's population is shrinking by people every year.

8. According to President Putin, what is the most serious problem in Russia today?

9. Russian women who give birth to a second child will get an immediate cash bonus of rubles, which is in US dollars.

10. Russia's minimum wage is about per month.

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