Read the Following Scenario and Answer the Question Below

question 9

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 leaves for the day's meals. The younger woman was watching the progress of a small rabbit as it hopped across the path and toward the clan's trash midden (refuse heap) , where broken tools (made of bone, stone, or shell) were tossed, and where discarded food was thrown. She noticed the rabbit stop and begin nibbling at the many new, green shoots sprouting across one side of the midden. She walked over to look, and she saw that some of last year's discarded dried fruits were growing. Surprised and interested, she called her sister over to discuss this find.
-Which of the following choices is something brought about by the beginning of agriculture?

• A)The ability of the few to feed the many meant that everyone was expected to concentrate on increased food production.
• B)The ability to rely on crops every year allowed even farmers to have much more free time, resulting in the development of crafts, architecture, and other "urban" professions.
• C)Low density of people over large areas meant that diseases did not spread in settlements.
• D)A nomadic lifestyle, which meant moving frequently from one place to another.
• E)Needing to protect and defend the group's land and crops meant that people became more peaceful, resulting in the disbanding of military groups.

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