Question

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

The natural increase rate would decline.
The total fertility rate would remain stable.
The crude birthrate would remain stable.
The crude death rate would decline.
The natural increase rate would stabilize.

Answer 1

A

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Answer 2

The natural increase rate would decline

Step-by-step 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.