The cultural foundations of pastoral nomadism conflict with capitalism and the idea of private property. How might changing climate, demographics and market conditions affect this way of life and what proposals might you offer to preserve this culture?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Varies but should speak to the spatial extent of nomadism and how it would be confined with limitations on grazing areas; intensive land use would introduce higher levels of desertification as larger populations would be competing for the same area.

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________ first suggested that glacial/interglacial episodes are related to variation in solar radiation cycles.

A. C. Plummer B. I. Newton C. A. Einstein D. M. Milankovitch E. D. Carlson

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In the map below, lavender represents



A) temperate forest.
B) tundra.0
C) boreal forest.
D) grassland.

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