I believe it means self government. If I remember right from that book, there was basically no government, so that means they had to take care of themselves because of no food, water, etc (until the end of course). I hope this helped. I wasn't too sure about this question, so hopefully its right!
Ridden because rode doesn't sound correct when u read it out loud w/the sentence. Ridden to me sounds better w/the sentence.
Answer:
your answer is C I took the test 2 minutes ago
Explanation:
please mark brainliest
