Refer to the Following Figure for Questions 53, 54, and 55

question 35

Multiple Choice

Refer to the following figure for questions 53, 54, and 55.   Letter "A" designates the ____, which provided for a more reliable food supply approximately 11,000 years ago.

• A) bubonic plague
• B) domestication of plants and animals
• C) industrial and scientific revolutions
• D) discovery of America
• E) emergence of agriculturally based urban societies

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