2. PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer
to Part A?
O A "Scholars and laypeople have proposed countless theories
accounting for the collapse, ranging from the plausible
(overhunting, foreign invasion, peasant revolt) to the
absurd" ( Paragraph 2)
B "This forced peasants and craftsmen into making a critical
choice, perhaps necessary to escape starvation:
abandoning the lowlands." ( Paragraph 7)
C "The collapse is especially intriguing because it
seemingly occurred at a time in which developed a
sophisticated understanding of their environment'" (
Paragraph 8)
D "For a present-day example, we can even look to another
region where the ancient Maya lived, Guatemala, which is
undergoing rapid deforestation." ( Paragraph 9)