1. Demographic Transition How Population Geography Dictates a Country’s Economy http://www.geographyalltheway.com/ib_geography/ib_resources/popn_resources.htm

2. What is Demographic Transition? refers to the transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre- industrial to an industrialized economic system. (Caldwell, John) Crude Birth Rate (CBR) and Crude Death Rate (CDR) are represented on the model per 1000 births.

3. Demographic Transition Model

4. Stage 1 High Stationary Level High Birth Rate - children are needed to work on the farms. -No family planning. High Death Rate - Poor medical knowledge, famine, disease. http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/an gola-guide/

5. Stage 2 Early Expanding Level High Birth Rate - Children still needed to work on the farms. -No family planning. Death Rate Falls Rapidly -Improvements in medical care, water supply, and sanitation. -Fewer children die. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=india&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=587&tbm=isch&tbnid=7_LMx0UoPntZZM:&imgrefurl=http://www.1indiatravel.com/travel -guides.htm&docid=xIqCOFLXmyOORM&imgurl=http://www.1indiatravel.com/images/india1.jpg&w=360&h=381&ei=QtT9T9z- J4LK6wGEy8nlBg&zoom=1

6. Stage 3 Late Expanding Level Birth Rate Falling - Improved medical care and diet. - Fewer children needed. Death Rate Falling Slowly - Improvements in medical care, water supply, and sanitation. - Fewer children die. http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/country/b razil.html

7. Stage 4 Late Stationary Level Low Birth Rate -Family planning, good health, improving status of women. -Later marriages. Low Death Rate - Good health care. - Better food supply. http://www.intheskysports.com/skydiving/dropzo nes/list-drop-zones-united-states.html

8. Stage 5 Declining Level Very Low Birth Rate - Family planning, good health, improving status of women. - Expensive Low Death Rate - Good health care. - Better food supply. http://www.valdosta.edu/~srschumacher/global.html