Which of the following best describes the process of assimilation? a. an immigrant’s modification of his or her native culture to borrow some elements of the host culture. b. a process in which the native culture is significantly reduced due to the adoption of the host culture.

The answer is B, because to assimilate means to absorb another culture into your own. In the 19th century when the colonist were interfering with the native americans and taking their land, they decided to force assimilation on the Native Americans. For answer a a better term to describe that might be Acculturation. Acculturation just a few parts of their culture are changed to accustom to the new elements of the host culture, this is usually done by immigrants since they still want to keep elements of their own culture.

Labor costs would be a large factor holding production of shade-grown coffee back. if it requires higher labor costs to receive a smaller benefit per hectare, then these costs would be prohibitive on expanding this practice to all coffee growing.