Question

Which factors contribute to developing countries having inadequate resources for population support?

(Select the three correct answers.)

(3 points)
Responses

High consumption rates due to national prosperity.
High consumption rates due to national prosperity.

A widespread lack of access to quality education.
A widespread lack of access to quality education.

High levels of scientific and industrial progress.
High levels of scientific and industrial progress.

A history of having resources taken by colonizers.
A history of having resources taken by colonizers.

Economies that are based on subsistence agriculture.
Economies that are based on subsistence agriculture.

Population rates that are stable or declining.

Answer 1

Correct answers (three):

- A widespread lack of access to quality education.
(Limits human capital, economic opportunity and family‑planning knowledge, keeping productivity and incomes low.)

- A history of having resources taken by colonizers.
(Colonial extraction and unequal trade patterns left weak institutions, depleted assets and underdevelopment.)

- Economies that are based on subsistence agriculture.
(Low productivity, little surplus or investment, and vulnerability to shocks reduce available resources.)