Question

A country develops new technologies for farming, which help stabilize and increase food supply. According to Malthusian theory, which of the following would best explain those results?
The new technologies would conserve water and energy supplies.

A

The new technologies would reduce preventive checks on population.

B

The new technologies would reduce positive checks on population.

C

The new technologies would create a rapid decrease in population.

D

The new technologies would increase the need for preventative checks of population.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. The new technologies would reduce positive checks on population.

Explanation:

Since there would be better and more efficient methods of farming that would reduce the positive checks that happen to the population. The positive checks would at first be a lot less impactful than before the technology. Disease and natural disasters would not cripple a population until it grows to a much larger number.