FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
EFFECTS OF EUROPEAN COLONIZATION
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American Indians grew a great diversity of crops
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American Indians practiced only primitive agriculture
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American Indians received all of their crops from Europeans.
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American Indians used irrigation to help them grow crops.
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Detailed explanation-1: -1) The USA is a developed nation that is not agriculture-based and only 2% of its entire population is employed in agriculture. 2) In India the average farm holdings are small in size, i.e. 2 to 3 hectares. 2) In the United States, the farm holdings are of huge sizes, i.e. 250 hectares.
Detailed explanation-2: -India is the second largest producer of wheat and rice, the world’s major food staples. India is currently the world’s second largest producer of several dry fruits, agriculture-based textile raw materials, roots and tuber crops, pulses, farmed fish, eggs, coconut, sugarcane and numerous vegetables.
Detailed explanation-3: -A majority of farmers in India depend upon rains for irrigating their crops.
Detailed explanation-4: -The seed drill is used to sow seed on the same distance and to properly cover it with the soil. The plough is used for the process of tilling, hoe and sickle used for the removal of the weeds, the chain pump is used for the irrigation process of the crops.