The Cultivation of Crops Using Hand Tools Such as Digging

question 9

Multiple Choice

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.

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