What is shifting cultivation?

What will be an ideal response?


It is a food production pattern that involves clearing the land by manually cutting down
the growth, burning it, and planting in the burned area. Land is depleted in several years
and allowed to lie fallow to restore its fertility.

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Anthropology may aid in the progress of education by helping educators avoid all of the following EXCEPT

A. tolerance of ethnic diversity. B. indiscriminate assignment of nonnative English speakers to the same classrooms as children with "behavior problems." C. sociolinguistic discrimination. D. ethnic stereotyping. E. incorrect application of labels such as "learning impaired."

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A typical __________ family consists of two parents and their immediate biological offspring or adopted children

A. basic B. atomic C. extended D. nuclear

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Mark wants to find out why people with higher education tend to have less children. What kind of research is this?

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Which region provides archaeological support for the trade theory of state development?

A) the Congo River basin in Central Africa B) the Yellow River Valley in China C) the Indus Valley civilization in North India D) the Oxacan civilization in Mexico

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