Which of the Following Helped Lead to Rapid Population Growth

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following helped lead to rapid population growth in Europe,around the time of Thomas Malthus,in the eighteenth century?

• A) the potato
• B) penicillin
• C) the automobile
• D) better methods of contraception

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A comparative measure of the volume of one substance or entity to another, often used in scientific experiments and calculations.

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