Historian Dr. Aris Thorne investigated the agricultural transition in sixteenth-century Denmark during the Little Ice Age. Many scholars argue that Danish farmers rapidly shifted from grain cultivation to livestock and dairy farming as a direct, widespread adaptation to mitigate crop failures caused by cooling temperatures. Thorne, however, contends that this transition was not primarily a defensive response to climate change. Instead, he argues that the shift was a gradual progression driven chiefly by changing European trade tariffs and rising urban market demand for meat.
Which choice, if true, would most directly support Thorne's argument?
- AClimatological reconstructions of sixteenth-century Denmark indicate that average growing season temperatures fell by , leading to widespread crop failures and a substantial reduction in the country's total grain yields.
- BSixteenth-century Danish farmers frequently recorded in personal diaries that they preferred grain farming over livestock rearing because livestock required more complex infrastructure and veterinary care.
- Danish agricultural ledgers from the late sixteenth century show that livestock production rose significantly only in regions with direct access to major export ports where tariffs on meat had been reduced, while landlocked regions experiencing the same temperature declines maintained their pre-existing levels of grain cultivation.Cevap
- DDanish royal decrees from the sixteenth century show that the crown banned all grain exports to neighboring countries, which immediately halted the transition to livestock farming in coastal regions.
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The correct option is the one stating that Danish agricultural ledgers show livestock production rising only in regions with direct access to major export ports where tariffs on meat had been reduced, while landlocked regions experiencing the same temperature declines maintained their pre-existing levels of grain cultivation.
The correct option supports the claim that the transition to livestock and dairy farming was driven by trade tariffs and urban demand rather than climate change. By showing that the transition occurred only in regions with access to major export ports where tariffs had been reduced, while landlocked regions experiencing the same temperature drop maintained grain production, the finding demonstrates a direct link to tariff changes while holding climate constant.
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