APES Ch 7 FRQ Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Stage 1: Preindustrial Stage
Answer: -high Birth rates and death rates -small population, stable -caused by food shortages, malnutrition,
lack of sanitation and medicine (harsh conditions)
Question 2: Stage 2: Transitional
Answer: -population grows rapidly -birth rates are high -death rates drop -clean water, improved sanitation,
basic medicine, enough food
Question 3: Stage 3: Industrial
Answer: -population growth slows and starts to stabilize -death rate low -birth rate dropping -lower infant
mortality, urbanization, education, birth control, empowerment of women
Question 4: Stage 4: Post-Industrial
Answer: -Birth rate = death rate (both low) -zero population growth -stable population may start to shrink
-lower infant mortality, urbanization, education, birth control, empowerment of women (same as stage 3
only more so) (conditions go on for a long time)
Question 5: 4 conditions required for demographic transition
Answer: -Improved standards of living -Increased confidence that children will survive to maturity
-Improved social status of women -Increase availability and use of birth control
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Question 1: Stage 1: Preindustrial Stage
Answer: -high Birth rates and death rates -small population, stable -caused by food shortages, malnutrition,
lack of sanitation and medicine (harsh conditions)
Question 2: Stage 2: Transitional
Answer: -population grows rapidly -birth rates are high -death rates drop -clean water, improved sanitation,
basic medicine, enough food
Question 3: Stage 3: Industrial
Answer: -population growth slows and starts to stabilize -death rate low -birth rate dropping -lower infant
mortality, urbanization, education, birth control, empowerment of women
Question 4: Stage 4: Post-Industrial
Answer: -Birth rate = death rate (both low) -zero population growth -stable population may start to shrink
-lower infant mortality, urbanization, education, birth control, empowerment of women (same as stage 3
only more so) (conditions go on for a long time)
Question 5: 4 conditions required for demographic transition
Answer: -Improved standards of living -Increased confidence that children will survive to maturity
-Improved social status of women -Increase availability and use of birth control
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