HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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Question
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Which of the following was an environmental factor that contributed to the agricultural revolution?
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End of the last ice age
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Religious practices
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Discovery of fire
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Rivers
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Because this revolution began about 14, 000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age, experts theorize the warmer climate drove early humans to plant crops and build homes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The mechanization and rationalization of agriculture was a key factor of the Agricultural Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -These changes – such as climate change, increased ground-level ozone, changes in water availability, carbon dioxide fertilisation, soil degradation, deforestation and land use change – can directly and substantially influence agricultural production.
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