In Canada, What Traditional Practice May Have Influenced the Ratio

question 16

Multiple Choice

In Canada, what traditional practice may have influenced the ratio of male and female children in a society?

• A) The practice of abandoning female babies in Inuit culture.
• B) The practice of abandoning male babies in Inuit culture.
• C) The practice of "testing" the strength of male newborns by leaving them exposed in the outdoors for 24 hours after birth in Inuit culture.
• D) The practice of sending excess male children out to sea when there were more males than food could be provided for in Inuit culture.

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