Question

What are some causes and effects of rapid population growth between 1900 and 1945?

Answer 1

a) Causes are new technology, improvements in medicine and sanitation, and increased food production; b) effects are larger urban areas, more forests cleared out, erosion, more migration, and more resources consumed.

Answer 2

Answer:

The causes are improvements in medicine and sanitation, new technology, and increased food production.

The effects of rapid population growth are larger urban areas, deforestation, soil erosions, and more consumption of resources.

Explanation:

The causes of rapid growth in population

• This sudden rise in population growth is due to a rapid decline in death rates.
• High birth rates and reduced death rates resulting in higher rates of population growth.
• Improvements in medicine and sanitation helped people to stay healthy and strong.

The effects due to rapid growth in population:

• uncontrolled urbanization.
• overcrowding, led to crime, pollution, and political turmoil.
• pressure to overuse arable land.
• increasing the extraction of resources.
• cutting trees.

Hence, the causes and effects of rapid growth in population had a great impact on human life.