Malthus & Neo Malthusians Flashcards
1
Q
What did Malthus point out?
A
That food production can not increase as rapidly as human population
2
Q
What will cause a population crash?
A
Population value exceeding the carrying capacity value
3
Q
What did he believe about a limit?
A
There was an ultimate limit to how much population can grow
4
Q
What was the limit determined by?
A
The environment and its ability to produce food
5
Q
What was a positive check?
A
Increased deaths through war, famine and disease
6
Q
What was a negative check?
A
Later marriages and celibacy
7
Q
Who did Malthus’s ideas receive support from?
A
New-Malthusians
8
Q
What evidence is their to support this theory?
A
Regular famines in Sudan and Ethiopia
Wars over food and resources
Water scarcity
