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ereecah · **on:** Aug 11, 2018

During Phase 1 of the demographic transition both fertility and mortality are high, resulting in minimal population growth. In Phase 2 fertility continues to be high, but mortality rates decline, as a result of which the population __________.

A. remains rather stable in size
B. tends to increase in size rapidly
C. ceases to grow and starts to decline
D. usually goes extinct within a few generations

Question 2

The term Green Revolution refers to the increased use of __________ to increase food production in Third World countries.

A. traditional, organic farming methods that avoid the use of pesticides
B. intensive human labor for planting, weeding, and harvesting
C. renewable tree- and root-crop products of the tropical rainforests
D. mechanized agriculture, genetic engineering, and artificial hybrid crops