Thomas Robert Malthus Claimed That

question 58

Multiple Choice

Thomas Robert Malthus claimed that

• A)the world could sustain an ever-larger population.
• B)population increase would eventually bring chaos to the world.
• C)industrialization would reduce the birth rate.
• D)population decrease threatened the world in the future.

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