What Is Demographic Transition

question 5

Multiple Choice

What is demographic transition? 

• A) It is the slowing down in the growth of a population that occurs when the population approaches its carrying capacity. 
• B) It is the decline in death rates followed by a decline in birth rates that occurs when a country becomes industrialized. 
• C) It is the decline in death rates followed by a decline in birth rates that occurred when the germ theory of disease was discovered. 
• D) It is the requirement for a population to reach a specific size before it becomes stable.

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