SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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New England
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Middle
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Eastern coastal southern
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Western, mountainous southern
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Detailed explanation-1: -terrace cultivation, method of growing crops on sides of hills or mountains by planting on graduated terraces built into the slope. Though labour-intensive, the method has been employed effectively to maximize arable land area in variable terrains and to reduce soil erosion and water loss.
Detailed explanation-2: -Small farms with a land area of fewer than 2 hectares operate about 1% of the world’s agricultural land, and family farms comprise about 75% of the world’s agricultural land. Modern farms in developed countries are highly mechanized.
Detailed explanation-3: -Southeast and East Asia Of the 11 farming systems identified for this sub-region, four systems, namely, lowland rice, upland rice intensive mixed, temperate mixed and tree crops mixed, in that order, are most important.