What Factor Is Associated with the Shift Away from Big

question 72

Multiple Choice

What factor is associated with the shift away from big game hunting in the temperate latitudes?

• A) the development of new technology which allowed them to more efficiently process other resources
• B) climate changes which resulted in many former prey animals going extinct or becoming geographically unavailable
• C) a decline in human population caused by the environmental shifts made big-game hunting difficult
• D) human over-hunting reduced the populations
• E) a smaller range of potentially edible species were exploited

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Definitions:

Experimental Group

The group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested, as opposed to the control group, which does not.

Random Assignment

A method used in experiments to place participants into different groups in a way that each person has an equal chance of being in any group, minimizing biases and ensuring the groups are comparable at the start.

Cause and Effect

A relationship between events or things, where one is the result of the other or others; a principle of causality.

Random Assignment

The process of assigning study participants to different groups using randomization, to ensure that every participant has an equal chance of being assigned to any given group.