Discuss the Malthus theory regarding population growth and food supply, and how they appear on a graph.
Discuss if humans have reached the carrying capacity, and what may occur if the have.
Present the argument that increased populations will provide an increasing amount of innovation, which will alter the carrying capacity through creativity and technological advances.
Present factors, birth rate, death rate, fertility rate, migration, and life expectancy, which will influence population growth.
Introduce the crude birth rate, the global population rate for both a nation and the globe, as well as a formula for determining doubling time for populations.