The cultivation of crops using hand tools such as digging sticks or hoes is a type of farming called:
a. agriculture.
b. slash-and-burn.
c. horticulture.
d. low-tech farming.
e. pastoralism.
ANSWER: c
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a. demanded taxes in cash b. confiscated land c. banned pastoralism d. turned agricultural lands over to women
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a. climatic change, extinction of species b. hunting, agriculture c. pollution, habitat loss d. ozone, methane gas e. culture, technology
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a. there is little understanding of medicine b. ancestral spirits are important elements in religion c. there has been, or still is, a high rate of infant mortality d. there has been, or still is, a low rate of infant mortality