Read the following scenario and answer the question(s) below. population growth is at the root of many serious environmental problems. from the ancient babylonians thousands of years ago, to thomas malthus two centuries ago, to present day neo-malthusians, humans seem to possess an awareness of earth's limitations in the face of growing populations. today, our ability to accurately quantify, monitor, and control population growth is very sophisticated. we can measure growth and make predictions about world growth with mathematical and computer models. can we prevent disaster? 1) despite dire predictions in the past, humans still inhabit earth. a few economists would argue that this is because ) technological developments have alleviated some of the strain on earth's resourcesb) space exploration has revealed new frontiersc) malthus's measurements were inaccurated) world population growth has been slower than expectede) malthus overestimated the earth's environmental sensitivity2) mesopotamia, mayan, easter island, and 1930s u. s. midwest prairie societies all experienced "crashes" because they ) had low tfrb) had an unbalanced male to female ratioc) had a weak militaryd) abused and overused their natural resourcese) experienced rapid climate change3) because of the success of china's population control programs, ) environmental problems in china have been virtually eliminatedb) european nations have instituted similar programsc) african nations have instituted similar programsd) there is a younger population in china todaye) china's population growth rate is much lower than it was in the 1970s4) aside from contraception, what can human society and government policy do to control population growth's negative effects on the environment? a) encourage consumptionb) encourage emigration from africac) discourage emigration from africad) discourage population movement into sensitive environmental arease) discourage equal education, employment and literacy for women5) if there is population growth rates will increase. a) increased emigrationb) increased immigrationc) decreased immigrationd) increased urbanizatione) increased industrialization