How many different types of farms are there that Mayan people work at?
What are 2 different types of farms.
There are two different types of farms that people work at. One is the traditional farm that people work at in order to provide food for their family. The other is a modern farm that people work on for money.
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Most Maya are what type of farmers?
What is subsistence farmers.
Subsistence farming is farming carried out mainly to provide food for farm families, with little surplus for sale to others.
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What percent of the Guatemalan population still own 70% of the land?
What is 2%.
When the Spanish colonized Guatemala they took over the best land. About 2% of the population still owns 70% of all the land in Guatemala.
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In what region of Guatemala is cotton mostly grown in?
What is the southern region of Guatemala.
Cotton was extremely popular in the 1980s to the 90s but declined as of recently.
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What word means a large farm, especially in a hot area?
What is plantation.
Modern plantations are very common in Guatemala. Plantations are used when using the commerical farming method.
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If people work on a modern farm what are they working for?
What is money.
They are working for money that they can use to help provide for their family.
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Traditionally Mayan farmers cleared their land using what method?
What is slash-and-burn method.
They would cut down the forest and burn the plants after the trees and brush dried out.
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What crops do the major land owners farm for money?
What are sugar cane, coffee, cotton, and others.
The major land owners raise these crops in order to export them to other countries to make money.
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What crop is most commonly farmed in Guatemala?
What is coffee.
Similar to other countries in the region, the leading crop in Guatemala is coffee followed by corn.
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What word means a way of clearing land for farming the involves cutting down and burning trees and other plants?
What is Slash-and-burn method.
The slash-and-burn method is an effective traditional farming strategy. After they use the method they use simple tools to dig into the ash and fertilize the soil.
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What do traditional farmers work for?
What is food for their family.
Farmers in the Mayan village have been farming just for their family for hundreds of years.
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What have many Mayan farmers adapted to?
What are modern tools and methods.
They have adapted in ways such as axes with steel blades, using chemical fertilizers to enrich their soil, as well as using modern farm tools.
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How long do some migrant workers stay away from their families just to make money?
What are weeks to months.
Some migrant workers spend weeks or even months away from their families.
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What is more common, commerical farming or subsistence farming?
What is commerical farming.
In Guatemala, it is more common to work for a large farming industry rather than to work just for food for your family in today's time.
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What word means the person who moves regularly in order to find work, especially in harvesting crops?
What is a migrant worker.
Migrant workers spend lots of time away from their families.
When they return, they usually have some money saved.