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Which term is most appropriately defined by the seasonal migration of people with their animals in search of pastures and water?

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Transhumance.

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Milpa farming

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Pastoral nomadism

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Subsistence agriculture

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Solution

The correct option is A
Transhumance.

The process of migration from plain areas to pastures on mountains during summers and again from mountain pastures to plain areas during winters is known as transhumance.

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