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captainjonesify

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on: Jul 10, 2018
The process by which people control the distribution, abundance, and biological features of certain plants and animals in order to increase their usefulness to humans is called:
 
  a. agriculture.
  b. foraging.
  c. pastoralism.
  d. domestication.

Question 2

Hunting and gathering has all but disappeared today because:
 
  a. it was too difficult a way of life to maintain indefinitely.
  b. it could not provide adequate nutrition for the various small bands.
  c. farming civilizations grew in size and power and pushed it out of the best lands.
  d. most foragers have realized that industrial society has more to offer them.


phuda

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C


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