According to Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences,a community living near the Arctic Circle 500 years ago without any contact with other societies was likely to have ascribed the characteristic of intelligence to someone who ____.
A) was good at negotiating deals with foreigners for goods and services
B) understood the medicinal value of many herbs and plants
C) was skilled at catching seals, fish, and small game
D) could calculate the square root of six-digit numbers in his head

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Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences includes bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, which is the ability to use one's body in a skilled way, such as in hunting or fishing. Therefore, the community would have likely viewed someone who was skilled at catching seals, fish, and small game as intelligent. The other options - negotiating deals, understanding medicinal values, and calculating square roots - may have been valuable skills, but do not necessarily align with Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences.

According to Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences,a Community Living