Read the Following Scenario and Answer the Question Below

Multiple Choice

Read the following scenario and answer the question below.
Northeast of Australia and northwest of Fiji lies the isolated tropical island of Tikopia. Less than two miles in length, it supports 1200 people and has been continuously occupied for nearly 3000 years, with the population holding steady for much of that time. It has a two-month dry season every year and lies in the Pacificʹs cyclone belt, which destroys homes and gardens on an unpredictable but regular basis. Tikopia is too far away from other islands to have any regular contact; the islanders must be self-sufficient.
-People live in clans on the island. Within the clan, individual families are probably encouraged to ______________ in order to ______________

A) have very few children; concentrate the clan wealth among only a few people
B) have very few children; avoid food shortages
C) have as many children as possible; wage war on other clans
D) have as many children as possible; grow crops to feed the clan
E) have as many children as possible; care for their parents and other older clan members