A Number of Demographers Disagree with the New Malthusians' Picture

question 25

Multiple Choice

A number of demographers disagree with the new Malthusians' picture of the future. The Anti-Malthusians contend that to understand human reproduction, we need to look at the history of Europe's ______ to give us a more accurate picture of the future.

• A) demographic equation
• B) multiple demographic equation
• C) demographic transition
• D) implosion growth curve
• E) exponential growth curve

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