Why Do Slash-And-Burn Cultivators Stop Using a Plot of Land

question 44

Multiple Choice

Why do slash-and-burn cultivators stop using a plot of land every two to three years?

• A) They burn so much wood that the air becomes too polluted to support a healthful existence.
• B) Slash-and-burn cultivation is unique to segmentary-lineage organized societies, and crop rotation follows the cycle of interlineage exchange.
• C) Slash-and-burn cultivation is associated with big-game hunting, which requires regular movement so as not to deplete the animal population.
• D) Slash-and-burn cultivators use relatively primitive irrigation systems, which have to be repaired every three to four years.
• E) The wild vegetation needs time to reestablish itself before it is burned to clear the land and fertilize the soil.

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