Based on demographic transition theory, why do preindustrial societies experience very low overall population growth?
A. low birth rates
B. high death rates
C. high birth and death rates
D. alternating periods of prosperity and famine
Answer: C
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a. industrialization b. McDonaldization c. rationalization d. social revolution
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What will be an ideal response?
Margaret Mead concluded from her studies in New Guinea that male and female gender roles are:
A. the result of cultural influences. B. rapidly changing. C. the same the world over. D. genetically linked.