The Change from Subsistence Farming to Cash Crops

question 23

Multiple Choice

The change from subsistence farming to cash crops:

• A)enables farmers to enlarge their holdings and feed their families more effectively.
• B)results in the relocation of subsistence farmers to urban areas or to lands ecologically unfit for farming.
• C)leads to the decline of multinational corporations.
• D)supports cultural pluralism.
• E)leads to revitalization.

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Consumer Goods

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Law of Increasing Opportunity Costs

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