Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Didactics - English - Applied Geography, grade: sehr gut, University of Innsbruck (Translationswissenschaften), language: English, abstract: 1) Why was there a slight, but perceptible rise in the birth rate at the start of 1975? Speculate. After World War II there was an increase in the birth rate. A generation later (about 20 years later) this part of the population was of a fertile and childbearing age. Thats the reason why more people were having children^and the birth rate was again higher. 2) Which 5 reasons are offered for persistent economic failure in the 1970s?