APWH- World Population Growth Flashcards
1
Q
What caused increased population after 1750?
A
Industrialization
2
Q
What were the two major transitions in population history?
A
Neolithic Revolution (8000 BCE) Industrial Revolution
3
Q
What decreased mortality rates but increased birth rates?
A
better medicine, diets, technology, sanitation
4
Q
Children can become economic (asset or liability) in Industrialized countries?
A
liability
5
Q
Children can become economic (asset or liability) in developing countries?
A
asset
6
Q
(Increased or Decreased) birthrate since 1750 in Industrialized countries?
A
Decreased
*condoms
7
Q
(Increased or Decreased) birthrate in 1950-60s?
A
Increased because men came home from war and women lost their jobs
