ANTH 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Caste System In India, Total Fertility Rate, Prince Nagaya
17 Mar 2015
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Anth2230 lecture one vital statistics & historical perspectives (i) Land: total land area is 370,00 km , 3800 km long, land use 13% agricultural, 67% forests and fields, 5% dwelling space mountainous area accounts for approximately 55% Map of japan (see binder for picture): archipelago consists of 6852 islands, main islands hokkaido, honshu, shikoku, and kyushu, major cities tokyo, kyoto, osaka, nagaya. Population: as of 2013, 127 million (22. 5% of which live in major cities, total fertility rate is 1. 41, life expectancy at birth for males is 79. 94, females is 86. 41. 24% of the population is over the age of 65. Japan is listed as the third largest economy in the world: unemployment rate as of 2012 was 4. 3% Political system: house of representatives (lower house, house of councillors (upper house, leading party the liberal democratic party (actually conservative, in power since 1955)
