Author Question: Why should we not assume that food collectors would automatically switch to food production once ... (Read 121 times)

jake · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

Why should we not assume that food collectors would automatically switch to food production once they understood the process of domestication?

A) Food production involves more work and less security than food collection.
B) Food production cannot support as many people as food collection.
C) Food production is associated with a more complex diet than food collection.
D) Food production requires less specialized skills than food collection.

Question 2

What development was necessary before foragers could live in tropical forest environments?

A) trade with agriculturalists to obtain carbohydrates
B) animal husbandry of small animals for protein
C) market economy to trade with neighbors for metal tools
D) an irrigation system to deal with heavy tropical rains