The characteristics of shifting cultivation are as follows:
- Field rotations
- Fire is used to clear the land
- Land is kept fallow for a number of years in order to allow regeneration
- Seeds are sown in the ashes after the first monsoon rainfall;it is usually harvested in september-october.
- Human labour as the main input
- Draught animals are not employed
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● <strong>SHIFTING</strong> <strong>CULTIVATION</strong> <strong>1.</strong> <strong>In</strong> <strong>what</strong> <strong>climate</strong> <strong>does</strong> <strong>shifting</strong> <strong>cultivation</strong> predominate? What are its two characteristics? 2. Identify the two hallmarks of the technique of <strong>shifting</strong> <strong>cultivation</strong>. (a) (b) 3 Regarding a swidden… a. <strong>what</strong> is it? b. What is potash? c. How long are swiddens used? 5. How is land owned in a typical village that practices <strong>shifting</strong> <strong>cultivation</strong>? 6a. What percentage of the world’s land area is devoted to <strong>shifting</strong> <strong>cultivation</strong>? 6b. What percentage of the world’s people work it?
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●SHIFTING CULTIVATION1. In what climate does shifting cultivation predominate? What are its two characteristics?2. Identify the two hallmarks of the technique of shifting cultivation.(a)(b)3 Regarding aswiddena. what is it?b. What ispotashc. How long are swiddens used?5. How is land owned in a typical village that practices shifting cultivation?6a. What percentage of the world’s land area is devoted to shifting cultivation?6b. What percentage of the world’s people work it?…?
●PASTORAL NOMADISM8. What ispastoral nomadism9. In what type of climate is it usually found?10. What regions of the earth are currently occupied by this practice?11. How do pastoral nomads obtain grain (several ways)?12. What animals are chosen, and where?13. Describe territoriality among pastoral nomads.14. What istranshumance15. In what ways is pastoral nomadism currently threatened by modern governments???
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