Among Other Changes That Occur with the Transition to Intensive

question 23

Multiple Choice

Among other changes that occur with the transition to intensive agriculture:

• A) population sizes tend to decrease.
• B) peasants' surpluses are transferred to the dominant elite.
• C) a more egalitarian lifestyle emerges.
• D) populations became less sedentary.
• E) trade tends to occur at the local level rather than at the long-distance level.

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