Author Question: The mechanization of agriculture that coincided with the Industrial Revolution eliminated the need ... (Read 102 times)

dbose · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

The mechanization of agriculture that coincided with the Industrial Revolution eliminated the need for small farmers and peasants. Such changes are an example of which of the following?

a. cultural mobility
b. spatial mobility
c. structural mobility
d. upward mobility

Question 2

Explain Thomas Malthus' theory on population.

What will be an ideal response?

l.stuut · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 1, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

Malthus attempted to show that population size normally increases geometrically while the food and energy sources needed to keep people alive increase arithmetically. As a result, population growth will always threaten to outstrip food supplies. The resulting poverty, famine, disease, war, and mass migrations will act as natural checks on rapid population growth.