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Thomas Malthus- things that increase the number of deaths
Positive checks
According to Thomas Malthus _________ will exceed __________
Population, food supply
The three demographic processes
Fertility, mortality, migration
Thomas Malthus- things that decrease the number of births
Preventative checks
When did the worlds population reach 7 billion
2012
Zones of the world system theory
Core- high tech production
Semi periphery- low tech production
Periphery- exporting raw materials and cash crop production
According to William easterly how much was the west given in foreign aid over the last 50 years
$2.3 trillion
First stage of the modernization theory
Traditional stage- low social change
Second stage of modernization theory
Take off state- economic growth accompanied by a growing belief in individualism, competition, and achievement
Third stage of modernization theory
Drive to technological maturity- improving technology, reinvest industries, embrace beliefs, values, social institutions of high income developing nations
Fourth stage modernization theory
High mass consumption- high standard of living
Number one thing that needs to be done in order to help out poor countries
Help create a middle class
According to the dependency theory, what is one of the things that are common to all of today’s poor nations
They have been colonized by wealthy countries
Three factors that continue to keep the economic growth of countries stunted, according to the dependency theory
Retaliation and exporting, raw materials to colonial powers, cheap labor, development loans
Julian Simon believes that those solution of population growth is?
Technology 
