Farmers became poorer because people didn’t have the money to buy thing more expensive during the Depression. They had to sell their crops for less, and made little money to buy anything. Also, it was hard to raise crops, because at that time the world was pretty dark and dirty.
The correct answer is d. hunting -gathering.
Hunting and gathering was already existing before this : in fact the neolithic revolution was going away from this lifestyle and starting farming and domestication of animals.
Direct democracy would be extremely costly because people would have to vote on every single thing and this would cost time and money to ensure everyone has voted. It couldn't be resolved in early times, but maybe with the age of technology, you could surpass that by having everyone vote online or something similar.
D. Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
The government system of Fuedalism. Fuedalism was a series of military and legal customs which took rise in the middle ages