Responses
Authoritarian governments tried to take advantage of income inequalities and made population growth worse.
Authoritarian governments tried to take advantage of income inequalities and made population growth worse.
Countries did not have enough money to invest in education and other resources for all their citizens.
Countries did not have enough money to invest in education and other resources for all their citizens.
More people died and fewer people were born, causing new challenges for different governments trying to support their people.
More people died and fewer people were born, causing new challenges for different governments trying to support their people.
More people were born and fewer people died, which expanded the population and created new pressures on countries’ infrastructures.
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The response that most accurately examines the causes of rapid population growth in Latin America since 1945 is:
More people were born and fewer people died, which expanded the population and created new pressures on countries’ infrastructures.
This statement correctly identifies the demographic trends characterized by higher birth rates and decreasing death rates, which are primary drivers of rapid population growth in the region during this time period.
