Chapter 6

Question 1

Rapid Population Growth

Answer 1

is a recent phenomenon in human history.

Question 2

It took more than____ for the world to reach one billion in ___, and it took only ____ to add the next billion or double the population to two billion.

Answer 2

10,000 years, 1804, 125 years

Question 3

Annual population was ___ from ___.

Answer 3

0.08%, 1AD to 1800

Question 4

____ occurred in the 1960s and 70s.

Answer 4

Population explosion,

Question 5

world population reached five billion in __and six billion in __-.

Between ___, population growth reaches an average of 1.6% per year, with no historical precedence.

Answer 5

1987, 1999

1945- 2004

Question 7

when population starts with low growth rates due to high birth rates and high death rates moves through rapid growth stage with high birth rates and low death rates, and later become stable with low-growth rate where both birth and deaths are low

Answer 7

Demographic Transition

Question 8

Stages of Population Growth

Answer 8

Stage 1: Low growth due to high death rates and high birth rates.
(High Population Growth Potential Stage)
Stage 2: High growth rates driven by high birth rates and low death rates.
(Population Explosion Stage)
Stage 3: Stable or falling growth rate due to low birth rates and low death rates.
(Population Stage)

Question 9

who said “passion between sexes”

Answer 9

Thomas Malthus

Question 10

Population grow __ and food production grows __.
Eventually, birth rate decline because all societies control their birth rates.

Answer 10

geometrically; arithmetically

Question 11

Fertility should be ___ when children earn income and contribute to the household.

Reducing infant deaths should __ fertility.

Institutionalized social security and pension will ___ the need for parents to depend on their children so ___ children are desired by parents.

Fertility should be ___ if there is more opportunity for employment for couples, especially for women.

Fertility may be __ with higher income.

Answer 11

higher
lower
lower; fewer
lower
higher

Question 12

argued that couples maximize joint total utility function from having children which is a function of the following factors: number of children, child quality (health and education), goods and services, time, income, and cultural constraints.

Answer 12

Gary Becker Theory of Household Economics

Question 13

QDC = F (N, Q, P, I, C)

QDC = demand for children
N = number of children
Q = quality of children

P = prices or costs of other goods and services

I = income

C = cultural factors like religion

Answer 13

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