LSAT 88, Reading Comprehension, Q6, LSATHacks

RC Question 6 Explanation, by LSATHacks

DISCUSSION: This question is very open-ended and so you should read each answer choice and check it against the passage. If you understood the article structure well and where different facts can be found, then you should be able to check this quickly.

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1. On the contrary, the system enabled the land to adequately feed Great Zimbabwe’s population.
2. We aren’t told this.
3. The ruling and royal classes did exercise political control over the cattle economy.
4. CORRECT. This is the overall argument that the author advances in the passage. Paragraph 1 dismisses other factors that could be responsible for the gold mining activities. The rest of the passage is spent detailing how exactly the cattle economy enabled the region’s survival.
5. We don’t know this.

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