One of the main reasons societies settled along rivers in the neolithic era was because a) the village elders demanded it. b) the land there was more valuable. c) it was more safe and secure there. d) it provided irrigation for farming.
What did the pattern of earthquakes in the wadati-benioff seafloor zones show scientists? a.) earthquakes occur where the ocean floor reaches its highest temperatures. b.) many earthquakes take place 700 kilometers below the seafloor. c.) slabs of ocean floor return to the mantle in subduction zones. d.) ocean - trenches cause earthquakes.