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5.3 Human Population Growth
For Questions 1–5, write True if the statement is true. If the statement is false, change the underlined word or words to make the statement true.
	 1. Over the last 1000 years, the size of the human population has decreased.
	 2. Since the 1800s, human population growth has been logistic.
	 3. The human population has increased because birthrates have dropped.
	 4. The combination of low death rates and high birthrates led to exponential growth.
	 5. Charles Darwin suggested that human populations are regulated by war, famine, and disease.

6. Complete the table below to explain how each factor affected the size and growth rate of the human population over the last 10,000 years.

Factors That Affected Human Population Growth	
Cause	Effect	
Agriculture		
Improved health care and medicine		
Improved sanitation		
Bubonic plague		
Industrial Revolution		

Use these age structure diagrams to answer Questions 8–11.

8. Which country has gone through the demographic transition? How do you know?

9. Which country do you predict will experience a slow and steady growth rate in the near future? Why? 	
	
10. Which country is most likely to grow exponentially in the near future? Why?
	
11. Suggest three factors that might slow population growth in Rwanda.

Apply the Big idea

12. Explain why human population size is likely to increase in the twenty-first century, but not as rapidly as it did in the twentieth century.

	

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