What Practice Was Most Responsible for the Deforestation of the Islands

question 89

Multiple Choice

What practice was most responsible for the deforestation of the islands of the Caribbean?

• A) road construction
• B) subsistence agriculture
• C) suburbanization
• D) urbanization
• E) sugarcane plantation agriculture

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