What Is the Key Characteristic of Subsistence Farmers

question 73

Multiple Choice

What is the key characteristic of subsistence farmers? 

• A) they tend to cause severe deforestation 
• B) they grow only enough food to feed their families 
• C) they require large, flat fields in grassland areas 
• D) they use draft animals to pull plows

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