Sky high: World's tallest habitable buildings.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

1. What conclusions could you draw from the list of the world's tallest buildings?

2. Why might Indonesia have so many Facebook users?

3. Why is France such a popular tourist destination?

4. Why might some countries produce more trash per capita than others?

5. Which is a greater number-U.S. billionaires, or the combined total for the other countries on the graph?

6. Why might India lead the movie list? Have you ever seen an Indian movie?

7. Why do you think there are so many people in prison in the U.S.?

8. How many more people speak Mandarin than speak English?

9. Which statistics on these two pages surprise you most? Explain.

SKY HIGH World's tallest habitable buildings HEIGHT FT. 2,717 1,667 1,614 1,588 BUILDING BURJ TAIPEI SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL NAME KHALIFA 101 TOWER WORLD COMMERCE FINANCIAL CENTER CENTER LOCATION DUBAI, TAIPEI, SHANGHAI, HONG KONG, UNITED ARAB TAIWAN CHINA CHINA EMIRATES COMPLETED 2010 2004 2008 2010 HEIGHT FT. 1,483 1,476 1,451 BUILDING PETRONAS NANJING WILLIS NAME TOWERS GREENLAND TOWER FINANCIAL CENTER LOCATION KUALA NANJING, CHICAGO, LUMPUR CHINA U.S. MALAYSIA COMPLETED 1998 2010 1974 HEIGHT FT. 1,389 1,380 1,352 BUILDING TRUMP INT'L JIN MAO TWO INT'L NAME HOTEL & BUILDING FINANCE TOWER...