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joesmith1212

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High infant mortality rates, the view that children are future assets who can care for their parents in old age, and the benefits associated with child labor all encouraged individuals in agricultural states to do which of the following?
 
  A. have large families
  B. rely on sorcery, witchcraft, and shamanism to ensure that very few people died
  C. have small families so that special care could be accorded each child
  D. raid forager and tribal groups in order to steal children who could be used to work the fields

Question 2

The transition from foraging to food production __________.
 
  A. leads to higher mortality rates, poorer sanitation, and decreased life expectancies
  B. is always accompanied by an immediate decrease in population density
  C. was accomplished in one area of the world and diffused to other areas
  D. caused mortality to decline and life expectancy to increase



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A



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