An Analysis of the Charts And/or Demographic History in This

Multiple Choice

An analysis of the charts and/or demographic history in this chapter indicates that during the Industrial Revolution two hundred years ago, the global population

A) decreased although it had increased during the earlier agricultural revolution.
B) declined although the annual growth rate increased exponentially.
C) continued to increase despite fluctuations in individual countries.
D) decreased dramatically because fewer people were producing food in rural communities.
E) neither increased nor decreased.