_____ resembles the sort of market gardening that many subsistence and community gardeners continued to pursue in the twentieth century.
A. Jungle clearing
B. Horticulture
C. Desertification
D. Salinization
B. Horticulture
Explanation: Horticulture resembles the sort of market gardening that many subsistence and community gardeners continued to pursue in the twentieth century. It used traditional techniques and implements such as stone axes hafted onto wooden handles for clearing the land; foot plows and hoes for planting; bone or stone sickles hafted onto wooden handles for harvesting; and stones for grinding grain.
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