USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

SPANISH EXPLORERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is a plantation?
A
The center of a city
B
A church where missionaries live
C
Huge farm that raises large crops to sell
D
A place to study the stars
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Plantation agriculture is an extensive type of agriculture where the large size of the farm is utilized to grow a single crop which is even known as monoculture.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plantations are a type of commercial farming where a single crop of tea, coffee, sugarcane, cashew, rubber, banana or cotton is grown.

Detailed explanation-3: -Arecanut (betel nut), cardamom, cashew, cocoa, coconut, coffee, oil palm, rubber, and tea are the major crops grown on a plantation scale. Most of these plantation crops are cultivated as monocultures, exceptions being coconut, arecanut, cocoa, and coffee, which are grown either as a mono crop or as a multiple crop.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term plantation crop refers to those crops which are cultivated on an extensive scale in contiguous area, owned and managed by an individual or a company. The crops include tea, coffee, rubber, cocoa, coconut, arecanut, oil palm, palmyrah and cashew.

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