1. The rapid rates of populaation growth in the third world in recent decades are largely the result of  a) Sharp rises in birthrates  b) Sharp improvements in life expectancy  c) Immigration  d) Internal migration

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1. The rapid rates of populaation growth in the third world in recent decades are largely the result of 

a) Sharp rises in birthrates 

b) Sharp improvements in life expectancy 

c) Immigration 

d) Internal migration 

 

2. Karl Max believed that the source of the population problem was 

a) The sheer number of people in the world 

b) Inufficient birthrates to reproduce the working class 

c) The rise of totalitarian socialist regimes 

d) Industrial capitalist exploitation 

 

3. According to the demographic transition theory, the first chnage sign of a problem is when there is 

a) A decline in population caused by new disease 

b) A decline in population caused by family planning 

c) An increase in population caused by higher birth rates 

d) An increase in population caused by lower death rates 

 

4. The demographic transition eventually leads to the

a) Simultaneous decline in birth and death rates a country industrializes 

b) Decline in birth rates followed later by decline in death rates as a country industrializes 

c) Decline in death rates followed later by a decline in birth rates as a country industrializes 

d) Rise in death rates followed later by decline in birth rates as a country industrializes 

 

5. In countries where a second demographic transition is occuring, governments have begun to institute 

a) Pronatalist policies 

b) Preventative checks 

c) Positive checks 

d) Immigration restrictions 

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