Question

Population growth during the Stone Age meant that when the world population had reached about 4,000,000, it began to strain the available food sources. As a result, economic development in areas such as animal husbandry and plant cultivation arose to meet those needs. A. True B. False

Answer 1

True

Step-by-step explanation:

As the population increases, the need for food increases but resources like land remains the same. Therefore, technology, newly designed methods and practices helps in efficiently increase in the productivity and the increased production meets the demand for large number of people.

Answer 2

Answer: A. True

Step-by-step explanation:

As a result of the strain on resources, the 'economy' so to speak had to adapt to this. They did this by doing what successive populations have done since then, turning to technology and in this case in Agriculture.

By domesticating animals and rearing them as well as Plant cultivation, the early humans were then able to feed their populations without relying on the hunting and gathering thereby reducing the strain on resources and even enabling population growth.