Packet 1: Bonus 10
Description acceptable. Vietnam’s 2025 Population Law aims to decrease this measure by revoking the licenses of doctors who violate a ban on certain medical disclosures. For 10 points each:
[10e] Identify this demographic measure that increased in the “Asian Tiger” economies. Armenia and Azerbaijan have skewed values of this measure assessed at birth, whose imbalance in China has decreased since it was analyzed by Amartya Sen.
ANSWER: sex ratio [or gender ratio; or sex composition; accept sex ratio at birth or conditional sex ratio; accept descriptions of the ratio of males to females, the relative populations of men and women, the proportion of men and women, or equivalents of any]
[10m] This country has one of the most male-skewed total sex ratios outside Arabia. This country’s “Gelephu Mindfulness City,” designed by Bjarke (“BYAR-kuh”) Ingels, is funded by sovereign bitcoin holdings mined with hydropower.
ANSWER: Bhutan [or Kingdom of Bhutan; or Druk gyal khab]
[10h] The UN Population Fund found that Nepal’s sex ratio is especially male-skewed in this drought-prone lowland region where dowry is entrenched. Provincial offices in this homeland of the Madhesi (“muh-DESS-ee”) people were burned during the 2025 protests.
ANSWER: Terai [or Tarai]
<Case Western, Current Events> | I1. Prelims Tiebreaker - NYU A + NYU B + Case Western (Tiebreaker Half 1)
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