Exam 1

The terrorist attacks of 9 11 are responsible for this dip of overseas arrivals to the United States. Following the attacks, people were not flying as much due to fear of future terrorist attacks.  Statistics are extremely helpful when explaining the significance of historical events.   By studying the statistics, we can understand how and why things happened, as well as the social, cultural, and political affects of the event.  An example of this is when we studies AIDS in Africa.  Following our discussion, we learned that the birth rate in Africa is very high, but the infant mortality rate, as well as the life expectancy were very low.  By using these numbers, we learned how Africa and the African people were specifically affected by the AIDS epidemic.