Author Question: A frequent result of bringing agricultural techniques developed in temperate climates to tropical ... (Read 61 times)

eruditmonkey@yahoo.com · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

A frequent result of bringing agricultural techniques developed in temperate climates to tropical countries, including the introduction of new food crops and intensive agriculture, is

A) more food for the people, because more cleared land is used for agriculture than for cattle ranching.
B) more food for the people, because the new crops are more productive than the old.
C) less food for the people, because most tropical soils under intensive agriculture become degraded.
D) A and B.
E) none of the above.

Question 2

To feed and maintain their households, the villagers of Timling work

A) twice as hard as the Yanomam .
B) more than eighteen hours a day.
C) only between May and September.
D) ten times as hard as American farmers.
E) as camel herders in neighboring villages.