Answer:
In 1488, Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias (c. 1450-1500) became the first European mariner to round the southern tip of Africa, opening the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia.
Explanation:
The correct answer is: "Thomas Malthus"
Thomas Malthus (1766 - 1834) was the author of the economic models which stated that, up to a point, the pace of growth of the world's population would exceed its capacity of producing food (given a fixed endownment of resources for such production and some specific technology level). This scenario would trigger demographic crises and population checks in the future, and people would even die for starvation until the balance could be restored.
He did not consider, though, that the endowment of resources and the technology could be enlargened and improved through innovation and scientific procedures, and how that would lead to productivity gains and to the production of more than enough food to feed everyone on earth (at least enough food in terms of quantities). The fact that nowadays not everybody is properly fed in the world, does not answer to a lack of food produced but to a wrong manner of distributing it.
The Industrial Revolution greatly affected the society in many ways. First of all, child labor was very popular during the industrial revolution. Putting kids to work in such squalid living and working conditions (e.g. dirty/dangerous factories) affected their health. Most child workers were treated harshly and not adequately fed. The social structure was also affected. The industrial revolution showed the different classes in totally different conditions and situations. Urbanization also took place during the Industrial Revolution. Cities rapidly grew due to the demand for workers and space.
