4 Stages of Demographic Transition (Guided Viewing Worksheet)
Stage #1: Pre-Modern Era (Pre-Industrial)
Birth Rate: Fluctuated
Death Rate: Fluctuated
Medicine: Did not exist
Food: Anything they could kill and then eat
Nature: Many people would die
Population Size: Very Small
Stage #2: Urbanization (Industrial Period)
Birth Rate: high
Death Rate: low
Medicine: Widely available to the public leading to less deaths in children
Food: Agriculture provided more food
Nature: Crops and agriculture started
Resources: More resources from crops
Population Size: Skyrocketed
Stage #3: Mature Industrial Era
Birth Rate: low
Death Rate: low
Medicine: birth control and drugs
Food: Fast and processed foods.
Nature: Normal
Resources: Made industrially
Population Size: Stabilizing
Stage #4: Post- Industrial Era
Birth Rate: low
Death Rate: low
Medicine: Medicine is more widely used
Food: Fast and processed foods.
Nature: Less deaths from nature due to better technology and shelter
Resources: Made industrially
Population Size: No more population growth (zero)
Birth Rate: Fluctuated
Death Rate: Fluctuated
Medicine: Did not exist
Food: Anything they could kill and then eat
Nature: Many people would die
Population Size: Very Small
Stage #2: Urbanization (Industrial Period)
Birth Rate: high
Death Rate: low
Medicine: Widely available to the public leading to less deaths in children
Food: Agriculture provided more food
Nature: Crops and agriculture started
Resources: More resources from crops
Population Size: Skyrocketed
Stage #3: Mature Industrial Era
Birth Rate: low
Death Rate: low
Medicine: birth control and drugs
Food: Fast and processed foods.
Nature: Normal
Resources: Made industrially
Population Size: Stabilizing
Stage #4: Post- Industrial Era
Birth Rate: low
Death Rate: low
Medicine: Medicine is more widely used
Food: Fast and processed foods.
Nature: Less deaths from nature due to better technology and shelter
Resources: Made industrially
Population Size: No more population growth (zero)