Question

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

Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

Answer 1

B. abandoning land as soon as the soil begins to degrade

Shifting cultivation (slash-and-burn) involves people clearing and farming a plot for a few years until fertility declines, then moving to a new plot while the old one lies fallow and regenerates.