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UI Post-UTME Geography 2018 (Model questions) Question 6

Question 6

Population

Which of the following factors must account for the rapid increase in world population during the twentieth century?

  1. A.the slave trade was abolished
  2. B.Death rates have decreased rapidly
  3. C.Birth rates have increased rapidly
  4. D.Increasing world production of food
  5. E.Large-scale migration of people
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: B (Death rates have decreased rapidly)

Explanation

Better medicine and hygiene cut death rates sharply while birth rates stayed high.