Why Might Native Communities Have Resisted Shifting to Agriculture

question 40

Multiple Choice

Why might native communities have resisted shifting to agriculture?

• A) They were ignorant about plants and cultivation.
• B) Farming offered few advantages in some areas.
• C) Merchant clans prevented their workers from adopting farming.
• D) Farming took so little work that it promoted laziness.

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Complementary Goods

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Cross-Price Elasticity

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Substitutes

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Cross-Price Elasticity

A measure indicating how the demand for one good responds to a change in the price of another good, showing whether they are substitutes or complements.