Question

identify the following sentence as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. however, because soil quality is poor, farms thrive only in places that receive more than 20 inches of rain annually. a. compound-complex b. simple c. complex d. compound

Answer 1

The answer is compound-complex

Answer 2

This whole sentence is C. complex, because it contains one independent clause, and two dependent ones.
A compound-complex sentence has two independent clauses, and at least one dependent one. A simple clause has only one independent clause. A compound clause has two independent clauses at least, with no dependent ones.