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nevelica

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Before germ theory became dominant in Western medicine during the 1900s, medical systems in ancient Greece, Europe, and India believed that illness was caused by __________.
 
  A) humors being out of balance
  B) insect bites
  C) angry ancestor spirits
  D) witchcraft

Question 2

How might we best describe the subsistence strategies of contemporary cultures?
 
  A) Most people today are food producers.
  B) Most people today are foragers, supplemented with small-scale animal husbandry.
  C) There is a roughly equal balance between foraging and food-producing cultures.
  D) Most people today are foragers.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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