Farming with machines on large flat land is known as ...

Farming with machines on large flat land is known as ...

• A. Mechanized farming
• B. Subsistence farming
• C. Commercial Agriculture
• D. Mediterranean agriculture

Answer: (A)

Mechanized farming uses machines—like tractors, planters, and harvesters—to perform tasks on large, flat fields. The clue here is the combination of using machinery and the land being large and level, which makes it practical to operate heavy equipment efficiently. This approach is typical of systems aimed at producing for markets, often called commercial agriculture, but the defining feature is the use of machinery on big, flat tracts of land. Subsistence farming, by contrast, is usually small-scale and manual, focused on feeding the farmer’s own family. Mediterranean agriculture refers to crops and farming practices suited to a Mediterranean climate, not specifically to the use of machinery.

Mechanized farming uses machines—like tractors, planters, and harvesters—to perform tasks on large, flat fields. The clue here is the combination of using machinery and the land being large and level, which makes it practical to operate heavy equipment efficiently. This approach is typical of systems aimed at producing for markets, often called commercial agriculture, but the defining feature is the use of machinery on big, flat tracts of land.

Subsistence farming, by contrast, is usually small-scale and manual, focused on feeding the farmer’s own family. Mediterranean agriculture refers to crops and farming practices suited to a Mediterranean climate, not specifically to the use of machinery.