Because nonindustrial economies can have features of both horticulture and agriculture, it is useful to discuss cultivators as being arranged along a cultivation continuum. Which of the following generally occurs in moving toward the more intensive end of the cultivation continuum?
A. increased leisure time
B. increasing economic specialization
C. improved overall health status of the population
D. longer fallow periods
E. increased egalitarianism
Answer: B
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