Which of the following practices represents an adaptations to the environment?

Question

a) reaching decisions by consensus

b) believing in a supreme being

c) creating stylized masks

d) using slash-and-agriculture

Answer 1

d) using slash and burn agriculture.  This practice shows an understanding that the soils of the tropical rain forest are not very fertile and long term farming depletes the soil while rotating crops through for short periods of time allows the soil to regenerate.

The other choices are either religious or cultural/social adaptations adopted by people to live in a social environment or to explain the world around them.