The answer is D: Settlement patterns are influenced by the availability of resources.
Why not the others (a,b, or c) ?
In C, They didn't provide information for people who live there for one and a, and b are irrelevant.
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Answer:
The Great Smoky Mountains are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee–North Carolina border in the southeastern United States. They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains, and form part of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province.
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The amount of material that has not decayed
Most of the population is Roman Catholic...
Culture is the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation. Knowing that the majority is Roman Catholic we can assume their customs and social institutions.
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