The four primary subsistence systems are hunting and gathering, horticulture, pastoralism, and ________.

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Intensive agriculture is the correct answer because it refers to a primary subsistence system that involves the high-input, high-output farming on small plots of land, which contrasts with the other subsistence strategies like hunting and gathering, horticulture, and pastoralism. Apiculture, foraging, and tree harvesting are not considered primary subsistence systems in the same context.

The Four Primary Subsistence Systems Are Hunting and Gathering, Horticulture