Aneesha Asked Her Classmate Mesbah to Explain the Premise of Demographic

question 70

Multiple Choice

Aneesha asked her classmate Mesbah to explain the premise of demographic transition theory to her.Which statement would Mesbah respond with?

• A) The answer to world population growth rests with a strict national policy limiting family size.
• B) Populations will stabilize as birth rates and death rates change.
• C) Mankind is doomed because population increases faster than food production.
• D) The answer to curbing world population growth rests with adopting positive and preventive checks.

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Definitions:

Expectancy

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Rescorla

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