Author Question: How does herding or pastoralism differ from the keeping of livestock practiced by cultivators? a. ... (Read 59 times)

futuristic · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

How does herding or pastoralism differ from the keeping of livestock practiced by cultivators?

a. Herders do not rely on their animals for income in the way that cultivators do.
b. Pastoralists rely on natural pasturelands within their territories to feed their animals.
c. Herders do not practice any other form of production and cultivators keep livestock.
d. All of these are differences between herders and cultivators.

Question 2

What was the impact of intensive agriculture on the peasants whose farming fed the populations of the emerging state societies?

a. New materials made tools that enabled them to earn more money for themselves.
b. Specialization led to more sophisticated engineering and better homes for them.
c. The invention of writing permitted more accurate accounts of their work and taxes paid.
d. Peasants were the group who received the greatest benefits from the intensive agriculture.