forests or woodlands to create fields. It is subsistence agriculture that typically uses little technology or other tools. It is typically part of shifting cultivation agriculture‚ and of transhumance livestock herding.[1] Older English terms for slash-and-burn include assarting‚ swidden‚ and fire-fallow cultivation. Today the term "slash-and-burn" is mainly associated with tropical rain forests. Slash-and-burn techniques are used by between 200 and 500 million people worldwide.[2][3] In 2004 it was
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To what extent was the Second Reich an entrenched autocracy between 1900-1914? In the years 1900-1914 there was arguably a significant move towards democracy within Germany. There were general desire for political and social reform and many wished for constitutional change. However‚ come 1914 Germany still remained nearly as autocratic as it had been back in 1900. Over this period it can clearly be shown through 3 key areas: the Constitution‚ German policy and events‚ that‚ regardless of attempted
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Introduction: Naked and hungry that is what you would be without agriculture. Have you ever thought about where your food‚ and clothes come from? Someone‚ somewhere gets up with the sun to feed you and clothe you. There are 5‚977 farms in conniecuit in accordance to agclassroom.org‚ and our population is a booming 3‚590‚000 now‚ if you do that math‚ one in every six hundred people in this state would be a farmer‚ annually those few farmers are adding 4.6 million dollars to the state economy each
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Pre 1900’s Fashion In the early 1900’s also known as the Edwardian Era‚ fashion was more important than comfort. It was an era if elegance and grace‚ clothing was considered a status symbol. The silhouette of the early 1900’s was an “S” shaped figure‚ female bodies were corseted to a small waist with exaggerated curved hips and buttocks. It was very important the women wore corsets throughout the early 1900 and even before that time. Thus‚ added emphasized on the waist giving the women various
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How Far Had Public Health Improved 1800 – 1900? Imagine if you were working in a factory at least for 16hours in a dirty atmosphere‚ then when you eventually get to go home‚ you have to go through the smell of overflowing cesspits‚ and finally you enter the dingy little room with a bed in the corner filled with sleeping family‚ how would you feel? Well‚ in the 1800s- 1900s poor people lived exactly like that‚ because they were lacking the effectiveness of public health‚ which was suppose
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was also different from itself because it made a big change going from before the 1900s to after the 1900s. For starters before the 1900s for the simple fact that they started using way more color than they used to. Another difference from both times is that they seemed to move from painting objects and animals to painting people and creating portraits. Contrasting Indian art from before and after 1900 they started to head in a more realist art style. Before‚ their painting would look
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Indigenous children in Australia were unfairly taken from their families in the 1900’s by Australian authorities who held the idea that the aboriginal culture would die out. The authorities wrongly thought that the Aboriginal culture was a bad influence to the indigenous children. On top of that‚ they accused the indigenous families of abusing their children. But in reality‚ they had no proof; as a result‚ the Aboriginal tribes suffered and their family trees will be forever affected. Even though
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Over the years of 1877 to the 1900’s many changes were occurring. The Southern cities were changing faster than anyone could’ve imagined with new transportation‚ growing industries‚ and the end of slavery. Not to mention‚ the changing role of women. In the New South by the year 1880‚ steel and iron mills were progressing across the North. Railroad construction was fast paced in the 1880s. Comparing 1880 to 1890 the tracks had doubled with Texas and Georgia having the biggest growth. In 1886‚ an
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Chapter 19 The city and its workers (1870-1900) Jump Start: March 14‚ 2011 As the 19th century closes and the 20th century begins‚ different technologies help spur the many changes taking place. What symbolism can we take from the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge? It is a marker of time periods (separates this time period from that time period) March 16‚2011 Why did some immigrant groups decide to stay in the United States after arriving‚ while other groups only stayed long enough
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Most Americans have no idea what is going on in the world of agriculture. All they know is that they go to the super market‚ buy their food‚ and eat to their heart’s content. We have become a well fed society because of the agricultural changes in the past century. Can we go further? Technology has allowed the farming industry to reach many milestones‚ but what does it hold for the future? As we continue our fight against world hunger‚ many seemingly simple technical advances could make a difference
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