PART A: Which of the following identifies the central idea of the text?
A. If the Maya people understood their environment and the consequences of their
actions, they would not have altered their environment.
B. The Maya people abandoned their homes after realizing that they had severely
impacted the environment, hoping to allow it time to recover.
C. If we continue deforestation at the same rate as the Maya people, we will
eventually have to move in search of more resources.
D. The Maya people dramatically altered their environment, depleted its resources,
and were forced to abandon it to survive.