The Demographic Transition Theory Holds That

question 50

Multiple Choice

The demographic transition theory holds that

• A) advanced industrial states will have high rates of population growth.
• B) preindustrial states will have both low birth rates and death rates.
• C) high levels of economic production will lower birth rates.
• D) periphery and semiperiphery states cannot become core states.
• E) there is a maximum population size for every place.

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