Ch22. Population, Urbanization, & Environment

Question 0

Preindustrial

Answer 0

high birth rates bc of economic value in children and a sense of birth control & death rates high bc of low living standards and limited medical technology

Question 1

What are the four stages of demographic transition theory

Answer 1

Preiundustrial
Early industrial
Mature industrial
Post industrial

Question 2

Early industrial

Answer 2

Death rate falls due to greater food supplies and medicine but birth rates remain high

Question 3

Mature industrial

Answer 3

Birth rate drops and death rate drops. fertility falls bc most children survive to adult hood and bc high living standardsmaje raising children expensive. From children looked at as economic assets to looked as a economic liability. Smaller families made possible by birth control.

Question 4

Postindustrial

Answer 4

Birth rate keeps falling bc dual income couples become the norm and bc the cost of raising children increases.

Question 5

Demographic transition theory

Answer 5

A thesis that links population patterns to a society’s level of technological development

Question 6

What did Malthus predict about human population increase? About the food production? What was his overall conclusion?

Answer 6

He warned that population increase would soon lead to social chaos. He presented a vision of the future where ppl were reproducing beyond what the planet could feed, leading to widespread starvation and war over resources left.