Demographic Transition Model (DTM)
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is demography? - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of population
What does the DTM explain? - CORRECT ANSWER - Birth and death rate patterns
across the world and through time
What does it show links between? - CORRECT ANSWER - Demographic and economic
changes
How many stages is it divided into? - CORRECT ANSWER -5
What do the different stages show? - CORRECT ANSWER - Shows change from high
birth and death rates in stage 1 to low birth and death rates in stage 5
What does the DTM look like? - CORRECT ANSWER -
What are countries in stage 1 like? - CORRECT ANSWER - The Amazon Rainforest
Birth rate: high and fluctuating
Death rate: high and fluctuating
Natural increase: low
Reason for change in birth rate: low levels of contraception and children are cheap and are
needed to work
Reason for change in death rate: low levels of medical care and no doctors
When was the UK in stage 1? - CORRECT ANSWER - Before and around 1760
, What is the key factor that distinguishes stage 1 from stage 2? - CORRECT ANSWER -A
decrease in death rate
What are countries in stage 2 like? - CORRECT ANSWER - Afghanistan
Birth rate: high, decreasing slightly
Death rate: decreasing dramatically
Natural increase: becoming high
Reason for change in birth rate: women receive little education about contraception and religions
don't approve of contraception
Reason for change in death rate: improved medical care and cleaner water supplies and increased
food output
What does the gap between birth and death rate cause in countries in stage 2? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Population growth
The further apart the lines are, the faster the rate of growth
What are the economies like of countries in stage 2? - CORRECT ANSWER - Mostly
agricultural
What keeps birth rates high in countries in stage 2? - CORRECT ANSWER - Children are
needed to work the land as they can produce more food than they eat
Why might birth rates increase slightly for countries in stage 2? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Fewer mothers are dying in childbirth so they go on to have more children
What led the UK to the start of stage 2? - CORRECT ANSWER - New agricultural and
industrial inventions and medical discoveries
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is demography? - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of population
What does the DTM explain? - CORRECT ANSWER - Birth and death rate patterns
across the world and through time
What does it show links between? - CORRECT ANSWER - Demographic and economic
changes
How many stages is it divided into? - CORRECT ANSWER -5
What do the different stages show? - CORRECT ANSWER - Shows change from high
birth and death rates in stage 1 to low birth and death rates in stage 5
What does the DTM look like? - CORRECT ANSWER -
What are countries in stage 1 like? - CORRECT ANSWER - The Amazon Rainforest
Birth rate: high and fluctuating
Death rate: high and fluctuating
Natural increase: low
Reason for change in birth rate: low levels of contraception and children are cheap and are
needed to work
Reason for change in death rate: low levels of medical care and no doctors
When was the UK in stage 1? - CORRECT ANSWER - Before and around 1760
, What is the key factor that distinguishes stage 1 from stage 2? - CORRECT ANSWER -A
decrease in death rate
What are countries in stage 2 like? - CORRECT ANSWER - Afghanistan
Birth rate: high, decreasing slightly
Death rate: decreasing dramatically
Natural increase: becoming high
Reason for change in birth rate: women receive little education about contraception and religions
don't approve of contraception
Reason for change in death rate: improved medical care and cleaner water supplies and increased
food output
What does the gap between birth and death rate cause in countries in stage 2? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Population growth
The further apart the lines are, the faster the rate of growth
What are the economies like of countries in stage 2? - CORRECT ANSWER - Mostly
agricultural
What keeps birth rates high in countries in stage 2? - CORRECT ANSWER - Children are
needed to work the land as they can produce more food than they eat
Why might birth rates increase slightly for countries in stage 2? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Fewer mothers are dying in childbirth so they go on to have more children
What led the UK to the start of stage 2? - CORRECT ANSWER - New agricultural and
industrial inventions and medical discoveries
