6th Grade Social Studies

Unit 3, Lesson 3

Demographic
Transition

Birth rates and death rates

are high.

Birth rates and death rates

are high.
High birth rates serve
practical purposes:
labor for farm work
support for elderly
parents

Birth rates and death rates

are high.
High birth rates serve
practical purposes:
labor for farm work
support for elderly
parents
Poor health and harsh living
conditions cause the high
death rate.

Birth rates and death rates

are high.
High birth rates serve
practical purposes:
labor for farm work
support for elderly
parents
Poor health and harsh living
conditions cause the high
death rate.
Birth rates and death rates
are about the same.

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Death rates begin to drop because of improved

living conditions and health practices.

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Death rates begin to drop because of improved

living conditions and health practices.
Birth rates remain high.
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Birth rates move downward eventually

catching up with death rates.

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Birth rates move downward eventually

catching up with death rates.
Population growth stays high at early part of
this stage but falls to near zero in the later 1
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part.

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Birth rates and death rates nearly the same

again.

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Birth rates and death rates nearly the same

again.
Birth rates and death rates at low levels.
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ACTIVITY: The Impact of

Family Size

Stop and Jot in your GLIN:

How does having one more child change the
rate of population growth?

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