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karateprodigy

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Switching from slash and burn agriculture to irrigation agriculture requires how much more labor for the same harvest?
 
  a) Three times as much.
  b) Five times as much.
  c) It actually requires the same amount of labor.
  d) Ten times as much.

Question 2

Slash and burn agriculture is also known as:
 
  a) settled agricultural production.
  b) traditional agriculture.
  c) pre-industrial agriculture.
  d) swidden agriculture.



josephsuarez

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C



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