How Did the Shift to an Agricultural Society During the Neolithic

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Multiple Choice

How did the shift to an agricultural society during the Neolithic Age affect relationships between men and women?

• A)Farming required both sexes to do the same types of work.
• B)Men's work took them further away from home; women's work increasingly confined them to household labor.
• C)Women produced small gardens and surplus foods that could be traded; men hunted and raised crops for survival.
• D)Men's lives became nomadic; women's lives became sedentary.
• E)Women grew and stored food; men hunted for meat and gathered berries and other plants to supplement their diet.

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