Line Chart-Birth Rates China and the USA
Vocabulary Answers
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details birth rates shows how many people are being born
Looking from an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that while overall
similar trajectories almost the same patterns
fell over the period went down over that time
decline drop
most dramatic strongest
the majority of the period for most of the time
brief exceptions times when this was not true
first half of the century first 50 years of 1900
stood at around was close to
pattern trajectory
similar almost the same
erratic uneven
until up to
around close to
surge big rise
smaller rise small increase
dropped fell
reaching a notable low of get to a low point of
dipping falling to
quadrupled 400%, 4x
a high of the largest point at
preceded before
steady downturn consistently going down
minor fluctuations small erratic rises and falls
data point statistic
end the period surveyed finish the time detailed
similarly in a similar way, the same
less significantly to approximately not as much to about
thereafter after that
experienced underwent
gradual slump minor drop
finish end at