Question

Slash-and-burn agriculture is best defined as the process of

cutting plants and setting fires to fertilize farmland for crops.

cutting steps into a hillside to make a flat surface for crops.

using ash from fires to make farmland fertile for decades.

clearing forests to make farmland fertile for generations

Answer 1

I believe the answer is A

Answer 2

The correct answer is - cutting plants and setting fires to fertilize farmland for crops.

The slash-and-burn agriculture is a type of agriculture that sets the basis for farming by cutting down plants and trees in a forested area, and after that set it on fire so that the ashes fertilize the soil. this method is used in the subsistence farming, and one piece of land is usually used for only few years before the soil gets degraded.