The Demographic Transition Model Helps to Explain Why

question 98

Multiple Choice

The demographic transition model helps to explain why

• A) Death rates rise in industrializing nations.
• B) Industrialization leads to population growth.
• C) Development requires large populations.
• D) Birth rates fall before death rates.
• E) Death rates fall before birth rates.

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