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2. a type of traditional agriculture in which an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops
5. referred to as ecosystems
7. Revolution occurring between the 1950s and 1960s, farming became mechanized and crop yields in industrialized nations boomed
9. Farming a type of industrialized agriculture when a monoculture cash crop is grown to be exported. Things like bananas, coffee, or vegetables.
15. when a part of grass is consumed by the animals faster than it can regrow
17. open or forested areas built at the outer edge of a city
18. excavation of the earth for the purpose of extracting minerals or ore
19. pest management an environmentally sensitive approach to chemical pesticides
20. removal of trees in an area

1. maintenance of a species or ecosystem to ensure their perpetuation
3. things like minerals and fossil fuels that are incapable of being generated within human existence
4. the use of environmental resources for profit
6. rotation provides soil with nutrients when legumes are part of the cycle of cross
8. Bowl caused by a major drought, the conservation services passed the soil conservation act to help address the problem
10. flat platforms that cut into the hillside to reduce soil runoff
11. strip cropping
12. resources that can be generated quickly, things as plants and animals
13. trees, and crops are planted together
14. removal of trees for agricultural purposes and purposes of exportation
16. plowing rows of crops are plowed on a hillside to prevent erosion