2. Demographic Transition Model Models the trends seen in a country as it develops and industrializes. Namely, Crude Birth Rates and Crude Death Rates decrease, while population initially increases but eventually levels out. Be able to explain WHY these trends occur

3. Stage ONE Subsistence farming Nomadic existence High Birth and Death rates = Little growth

4. Stage TWO Rise of Agriculture Death rates plummet / RNI goes UP!

5. Stage THREE Industrialized nations Quality of life improves GDP Increases sharply Birth rates start to fall

6. Stage FOUR Post industrialism Birth and death rates are very low Economy shifts to… Overall population could start to decrease

7. Thomas Malthus Who was he? What did he predict? What is a “Malthusian Event?”