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By an anthropogenic drought, the author means:
Answer: Option D
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D
This is essentially a vocabulary question. The answer can be guessed from the context the word is used in. Anthropogenic means "caused or produced by humans”.
From the second paragraph, “…anthropogenic drought resulting from deforestation, by soil nutrient depletion and other soil problems, and by the struggle to prevent bracken ferns from overrunning the fields.”Option (a) is incorrect because lack of rain cannot be attributed to human intervention. Options (b) and (c) are incorrect because they are reasons to the causes of the drought and why the drought was anthropogenic. Hence they cannot be the meaning of the word itself. Option (d) means the same as anthropogenic. Deforestation and soil nutrient depletion can only be caused by humans.
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This is essentially a vocabulary question. The answer can be guessed from the context the word is used in. Anthropogenic means "caused or produced by humans”.
From the second paragraph, “…anthropogenic drought resulting from deforestation, by soil nutrient depletion and other soil problems, and by the struggle to prevent bracken ferns from overrunning the fields.”Option (a) is incorrect because lack of rain cannot be attributed to human intervention. Options (b) and (c) are incorrect because they are reasons to the causes of the drought and why the drought was anthropogenic. Hence they cannot be the meaning of the word itself. Option (d) means the same as anthropogenic. Deforestation and soil nutrient depletion can only be caused by humans.
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