What Characterizes the First Stage of Demographic Transition

question 24

Multiple Choice

What characterizes the first stage of demographic transition?

• A) low birth rates, low death rates
• B) low birth rates, high death rates
• C) high birth rates, low death rates
• D) high birth rates, high death rates
• E) a birth rate of zero, high death rates

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Definitions:

Traditional View

The traditional view often refers to the long-established or conventional perspective on a subject.

Existential Import

the implication that something exists, commonly discussed in the context of categorical statements or propositions in logic.

Traditional View

A perspective or approach that is rooted in long-standing practices, beliefs, or theories, often contrasted with more modern or innovative viewpoints.

Existential Import

The notion in logic that a statement implies the existence of the subject it mentions.