Why were the Arawaks able to live a simple life with little disruption?

• A. The criminals were immediately killed
• B. They had few resources
• C. They lived by strict tradition
• D. They were isolated

Answer: (A)

Isolation helps explain why the Arawaks could maintain a simple way of life with little disruption. When a community is geographically separated from large empires or frequent outside contact, there are fewer forces pushing change—fewer invasions, fewer new laws, and less competition for resources. The Arawaks lived in small, scattered groups in the Caribbean and had limited contact with distant civilizations for a long period, so their daily routines, farming, fishing, and social practices could persist relatively undisturbed.

The idea that they had few resources doesn’t fit, because scarcity would more likely create hardship and more disruption. The notion of living by strict tradition describes culture but doesn’t by itself explain the lack of external disruption. And the idea about criminals being killed isn’t relevant to why a society remains simple and undisturbed. Isolation best accounts for the stable, low-disruption lifestyle observed.