Land Colonisation

Question 1

Describe land colonisation

Answer 1

Areas that weren’t previously developed, being exploited, sometimes on a massive scale.

Question 2

What’s the reason for land colonisation?

Answer 2

To provide new land for subsistence farmers or to grow commercial crops for domestic consumption or exports to bring in foreign earnings

Question 3

Give examples of land colonisation

Answer 3

Draining marshes
Reclaiming land from the sea
Extending cultivation into dry areas through the provision of irrigation