Read the Following Scenario and Answer the Question Below

question 38

Multiple Choice

Read the following scenario and answer the question below.
Early People and Agricultural Beginnings:
Long ago, two sisters were talking as they returned from their morning trip to collect mushrooms, seeds, berries, and green le the day's meals. The younger woman was watching the progress of a small rabbit as it hopped across the path and toward the trash midden (refuse heap) , where broken tools (made of bone, stone, or shell) were tossed, and where discarded food was thr She noticed the rabbit stop and begin nibbling at the many new, green shoots sprouting across one side of the midden. She wa over to look, and she saw that some of last year's discarded dried fruits were growing. Surprised and interested, she called he over to discuss this find.
-Twenty years have passed since the young woman first noticed seeds sprouting in the midden.Which of the following could now be TRUE?

• A)The group had been very warlike and were now more peaceful,tending their lands.
• B)The group had been nomadic,moving frequently to gather wild foods and hunt,but are now more sedentary,growing crops.
• C)The group had been traders in stone tools and were now traders in simple agricultural implements and seeds.
• D)The group had been quite large and ate a great deal of meat,but there were now fewer of them since their diet consisted mostly of vegetables.
• E)The group had been sedentary but was now nomadic,looking for good places to settle for a season and grow crops.

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