What might explain the fact that agriculture spread more quickly in the Old World than in the New World?
A) It spread along a north-south axis in the New World, which required more time to adjust to various growing seasons.
B) There was less contact between cultures in the New World, which means less trade and diffusion of ideas.
C) The indigenous plants of the Old World were much heartier and withstood the transition to domestication better than those of the New World.
D) The population was much bigger in the Old World, so agriculture was a more immediate necessity in that environment.
A) It spread along a north-south axis in the New World, which required more time to adjust to various growing seasons.
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