USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A swampy island that is crisscrossed by canals that provided water to crops is called ____
A
Chimpanzee
B
Hydoculture
C
Chinampas
D
Hydro-Farming
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Chinampas are created by piling up swamp-bottom mud to make islands that can be used for farming, leaving canals between them. Chinampas are artificial islands created in swampy areas by piling up mud from the bottom of a shallow swamp to make islands with clear canals running between them.

Detailed explanation-2: -chinampa, also called floating garden, small, stationary, artificial island built on a freshwater lake for agricultural purposes. Chinampan was the ancient name for the southwestern region of the Valley of Mexico, the region of Xochimilco, and it was there that the technique was-and is still-most widely used.

Detailed explanation-3: -A good example of this is the chinampa system, which was developed during the time of the Aztecs in the region of Lake Xochimilco, south of Mexico City. A chinampa is a raised field on a small artificial island on a freshwater lake surrounded by canals and ditches.

Detailed explanation-4: -The chinampas agricultural system is a set of artificial floating islands, primarily used in southern Mexico; lake area Xochimilco in Mexico has the most famous present-day chinampas system. Chinampas are traditionally built based on oral wisdom transmitted since the time of the Aztecs.

Detailed explanation-5: -The chinampas are a kind of wetland raised-field agriculture composed by small islands in strips, built with the sediments from the lake bottom, branches and decaying vegetation, creating a web of channels. The channels form part of the irrigation system and have an average depth of 1.5 meters.

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