Complete the passage below by providing the appropriate word for each blank that best preserves the logical support and cause-effect relationships established in the sentence.
Cevap:The severe decline of the ancient city-state's agrarian economy was directly precipitated by prolonged soil salinization; because such ecological degradation is routinely 【induced】 by persistent over-irrigation, historians concluded that agricultural mismanagement was the primary factor that 【precipitated】 the civilization's collapse.
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For blank 1, the correct word must express a causal outcome resulting from over-irrigation (such as 'induced' or 'caused'). For blank 2, the correct word must indicate that mismanagement brought about or accelerated the collapse (such as 'precipitated' or 'hastened').
The first blank relies on the causal marker 'because', establishing that over-irrigation is the agent that produces or induces soil degradation. The second blank relies on the support clue established by the semicolon and the phrase 'historians concluded', reinforcing that agricultural mismanagement was the active cause that precipitated or triggered the collapse.
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Support and Cause-Effect Structural Clues in Text Completion
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