Even if many more people

Answer choices

1. A

   Strengthens4% picked this

   Hunger often results from natural disasters like typhoons or hurricanes, which sweep away everything

   This reduces the amount of hunger that can be reduced by increasing the food supply.

   4%
2. B

   Too Weak1% picked this

   Both herds and crops are susceptible to devastating viral and

   This reduces the food produced by both herds and crops. By itself, this doesn’t suggest that a switch to crops would increase the food supply.

   1%
3. C

   Correct87% picked this

   The amount of land needed to produce enough meat to feed one person for a week can grow enough grain to feed more

   Why this is right

   This suggests that there is an opportunity to produce 10x more food than the current level of meat production just by switching to crops. That might put more than a dent in world hunger.

   Skill tested: Weaken · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   87%
4. D

   Strengthens3% picked this

   Often people go hungry because they live in remote barren areas where there is no efficient distribution

   This reduces the amount of hunger that can be reduced by increasing the food supply.

   3%
5. E

   Strengthens5% picked this

   Most historical cases of famine have been due to bad social and economic policies or catastrophes such

   If famines have been caused by bad economic and social policies or catastrophes such as massive crop failure, then crops aren’t necessarily going to produce more food than herds of cattle or flocks of birds producing meat.

   5%