After Another Doubling of Its Population by 1800, China Moved

question 38

Multiple Choice

After another doubling of its population by 1800, China moved toward what some historical demographers have called a high-level equilibrium trap, a condition in which:

• A) A country's neighbors are trapped into accelerating the level of reproduction in order to keep up with a rival's burgeoning numbers.
• B) Radical improvements in crops or technology is inevitable, given the large number of potential inventors.
• C) A "one-child" policy leads to a demographic imbalance, in which baby girls outnumber baby boys by a factor of 2:1.
• D) The land has reached its maximum potential for feeding a population, and the surplus population begins to starve.

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Definitions:

GDP Deflator

A measure of the level of prices of all new, domestically produced, final goods and services in an economy, indicating how much of the change in the gross domestic product can be attributed to changes in the price level.

Substitution Bias

A phenomenon where consumers alter their consumption preferences in response to relative price changes, potentially misrepresenting inflation measurements.

Sant'Andrea

A reference to the Church of Sant'Andrea in Mantua, Italy, renowned for its Renaissance architecture designed by Leon Battista Alberti.

Alberti

Leon Battista Alberti, a Renaissance humanist polymath who contributed significantly to architecture, theory, and the arts in 15th-century Italy.