What does the demographic transition model do? 

A)  It helps explain why development requires large populations. 
B)  It helps explain why death rates fall before birth rates. 
C)  It helps explain why death rates rise in industrializing nations. 
D)  It helps explain why industrialization leads to population growth.

Demographic Transition Model

A theory describing the transition from high birth and death rates to lower birth and death rates as a country or region develops from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system.

Development

The process of economic, social, and cultural transformation that improves the well-being and living standards of a society or region.