What factors have proved Malthus' theory to be true?
A. Cultivation expands arable farmland.
B. Mechanization of agricultural production.
C. Improved strains of seed are developed and more fertilizers are used.
D. Famine, Drought, and Natural Disasters such as patterns like El Nino & La Nino continue to disrupt agriculture.
E. Genetically modified organisms and countless herbicides, and pesticides enabled growth in food production.
Answer : B
7. Which of the following is not an example of factors that limit or hinder Population Growth at the World, Regional, National, and Local scales?
A. Sub-Sahara Africa faces the impact of the AIDS epidemic, which has killed millions.
B. China's one-child policy was used to control the World's largest population.
C. Singapore and Denmark have created commercial campaigns with financial gifts for families to have children.
D. India has placed restrictions on families due to limited resources and overpopulation.
E. South America faces overpopulation in urban areas but reductions of population in rural areas
Answer : C
8. Demographers measure whether a population can replace its deaths with births by looking at fertility rates.
TRUE
FALSE
Answer : true
9. The aging index represents people age 50 and older per 100 children ages 0-14.
TRUE
FALSE
Answer : false
6. B - no
7. C - yes
8. True -- ?? What about the death rates?
9. False -- ??
6. #?
8. False? because it would be mortality rates?
9. False.
6 is E and 8 is true still
6. What was Malthus' theory?
8 is false
Worlds population was increasing too quickly and was outpacing food production
That was Malthus' theory.
I know. is 6 E?
6 E -- no.
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