Question

What is the name of the three-stage theory Anti-Malthusians rely on to explain world population growth?
A.Demographic transtion theory
B.Population inversion theory
C.Geographic regression theory
D.Urban growth and development theory

Answer 1

C. Geographic regression theory will be the answer

Answer 2

Stage 1: Pre-transition.

Characterised by high birth rates, and high fluctuating death rates.

Population growth was kept low by Malthusian "preventative" (late age at marriage) and "positive" (famine, war, pestilence) checks.

Stage 2: Early transition
Stage 1: Pre-transition.

Characterised by high birth rates, and high fluctuating death rates.

Population growth was kept low by Malthusian "preventative" (late age at marriage) and "positive" (famine, war, pestilence) checks.

Stage 2: Early transition