Question

C) Answer the following question in about 20-30 words each: (4)

1. What is shifting cultivation?

2. Distinguish between primary activities and tertiary activities.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which plot of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned while post-disturbance fallow vegetation is allowed to freely grow while the cultivator moves on to another plot. The period of cultivation is usually terminated when the soil shows signs of exhaustion or, more commonly, when the field is overrun by weeds.

Answer:

Primary activities are those activities that which involve exploitation of natural resources. It is the base for production of other goods that is it provides raw materials. Example: Agriculture, mining, animal husbandry.

Tertiary activities are those activities that provide services to the people.