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 cultivating continuum?
A) increased leisure time
B) improved overall health status of the population
C) increased egalitarianism
D) increasing economic specialization
E) longer fallow periods

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Moving toward the more intensive end of the cultivating continuum generally involves increasing economic specialization, as more resources are devoted to agriculture and the production of surplus goods for trade or other purposes. This can lead to the development of specialized occupations and social differentiation. Increased leisure time and longer fallow periods are more likely to occur in less intensive economies, while improved overall health status and increased egalitarianism are not necessarily tied to any one point on the continuum.

Because Nonindustrial Economies Can Have Features of Both Horticulture and Agriculture,it