UGC 112 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Edward Jenner, Yellow Fever, Population Growth
3 Dec 2017
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// population trends: population growth took two forms. Concentration in growing cities & denser agricultural settlements: russia -> population doubled, central & northern asia. Incoming colonists -> turned patches of steppe & forest into grassland for their herds: africa -> evidence of restless migration. Relentless growth of the slave trade -> could not have been sustained without a rising population in west african regions: americas. Effects of old world diseases -> penetrated most areas by the 17th century. Population boom replaced era of demographic decline. Numbers of whites & blacks increased -> native americans dwindled. Demographic surge ended before the mid-18th century. Population disproportionately concentrated in a small part of the country. Measures to restrain fertility -> delayed marriage, infanticide, & contraception. French took similar measures: ottoman & persian empires -> registered only small increases. Urbanization: urbanization -> growth of cities & towns. Increased over most of eurasia & the americas.
