Shifting cultivation is best described as __________.

a. growing cash crops instead of crops for one’s own use
b. abandoning land as soon as the soil begins to degrade
c. changing crops from year to year based on demand
d. choosing which crops to grow based on climate zone


Answer: b. abandoning land as soon as the soil begins to degrade

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