Multiple Choice
People of central Africa predicted the weather by
A) recording the seasonal changes in average temperature.
B) observing the path of the planets across the sky.
C) observing the length of the lunar cycle.
D) observing the orientation of the crescent moon relative to the horizon.
E) observing the location of the Moon relative to the Sun in the sky.
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