Military Spending 12/17/19

By Mariana Garcia-Serrato
Last updated almost 5 years ago
5 Questions
Below, you see a graph. In case you need to open it to better view it, here is the link. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/learning/whats-going-on-in-this-graph-feb-13-2019.html


1.

What is the military spending worldwide presented on the graph?

MS-ETS1-1
2.

Which country is the second highest military spender?

3.

Describe how the author represents data in the graphic (ex. using color to differentiate things, etc.)?

4.

What's going on in this graphs? (i.e. what would be an accurate conclusion that can be supported by this graph)
To answer this question use the CER framework

5.

Write a >140 character Tweet that could accompany the sharing of the graph.
This means, you would write a short sentence or two that describes one surprising thing you noticed from the graph and you accompany it with one or two relevant hashtags.
DO NOT start your tweet with the phrase "I noticed", AND #nohashtagnograde