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D. Java is the world’s most populous island, with an estimated 158 million people living on the world’s 13th largest island. Greenland is the largest island with a population of about 56,500 people. About 80 percent of Greenland lies north of the Arctic Circle, with an average yearly temperature of -1.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Java is just south of the Equator, with an average yearly temperature of 82.4 degrees.
A. Borneo is the world’s third-largest island, which Indonesia shares with Malaysia and Brunei. Indonesia’s government plans to move away from Jakarta, which is heavily polluted, rapidly growing more congested, and one the world’s fastest sinking cities. Honshu is Japan’s largest island, and Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines. Sri Lanka is an island nation near India.
C. The western Asian sites of Aleppo, Syria, and Byblos, Lebanon, are believed to have been continuously inhabited since at least 5,000 BC. They are part of an area called the Fertile Crescent, believed to be the first area where humans began settled farming more than 11,000 years ago.
A. In Bangladesh, there are 3,450 people for each square mile of land. There are 1,260 people per square mile in India, and 840 per square mile in Pakistan. China has five times as many people as Indonesia, but has the same population density – 390 people per square mile. The United States is the third most populous nation and has 96 people per square mile.