The Development of Crop Cultivation Makes Specialization of Labor Possible

question 65

Multiple Choice

The development of crop cultivation makes specialization of labor possible because

• A) there is little need for more technology.
• B) group intelligence improves with a cereal-based diet.
• C) since farming is more efficient than food collecting, more people can be freed to engage in an activity other than food production.
• D) the extra time generated by more efficient technology allows people to go to school and learn much more complex trades.
• E) the trade that results from all forms of crop cultivation motivates societies to specialize in order to control the market.

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