You live in a hunting-and-gathering band.During the rainy season on the savanna where you live,many plants grow,fruits ripen,and animal life abounds.The land would easily support many more than now live in your band.What sets limits on your population is the fact that,given your mode of technology,and way of life,you cannot keep the water or food sources.You do not farm or raise animals through domestication processes.Thus your group size should not exceed the number that can be supported during the most difficult time of the year,the time of scarcity during the dry season.The land has a certain _______________,or ability to support a certain number of people given their type of technology.
A)carrying capacity
B)ecosystem
C)pre-adaptation
D)culture type
E)culture core

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The term that best fits the given scenario is "carrying capacity." This refers to the maximum number of individuals that an ecosystem can sustainably support with the available resources. In the context of the given scenario, the carrying capacity of the land determines the limit on the population size of the hunting-and-gathering band. The band cannot exceed the number that can be supported during the dry season when resources are scarce.

You Live in a Hunting-And-Gathering Band