Question

How would a long-term drought most likely affect a region at stage 2 of the demographic transition?

Answer 1

Answer:

The natural increase rate would decline

Explanation:

A country in the stage 2 of demographic transition is characterized by rapid increase in birth rate and a significant reduction of death rate.

The total population is one the increase here due to successive births outweighing the deaths recorded in a place.

• Drought is one of the natural checker on population growth in a region.
• Prolonged drought which is the absence of water in the soil leads to famine.
• When the growing population does not have enough to feed on, the number of deaths will significantly rise causing a decrease in the natural increase rate of population recorded before.