I want to test the ability of students to read a passage and answer questions about it. Could you please come up with a good question for the passage "Much of the Alpine culture is unchanged since the medieval period when skills that guaranteed survival in the mountain valleys and in the highest villages became mainstays, leading to strong traditions of carpentry, woodcarving, baking and pastry-making, and cheesemaking."?
Answer:
Survival formed the bases for the skills of what?