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Unit 2 Lesson 7. The student will be able to…. Discuss population theories related to growth. Thomas Malthus. British Economist Published An Essay on the Principles of Population Argued that population outgrows food supplies. The Model…. Food supplies grew linear
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The student will be able to… • Discuss population theories related to growth.
Thomas Malthus • British Economist • Published An Essay on the Principles of Population • Argued that population outgrows food supplies
The Model… • Food supplies grew linear • Crops and acreage grow yearly • Population Grows Exponentially • Compounds from the year before • Assumes • Food production is confined to consuming country • Food production was linear
Weaknesses… • Globalization • Food has the ability to be stored and transported • Food production has grown exponentially • Machines and more efficient farming • Bioengineering, more efficient strains • People who still believe Malthus’s prediction will come true are called: “Ne0-Malthusians”
Population Wrap-Up: • Give examples of how the following impacts population: • Government Policies • Economics • Culture • Disease • Location • Choose one over the other as most influential and explain “why” you think it is the most influential.