Plantation

High school (ages 12+)
Food & Cooking

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/plantation

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the agricultural specialization?Focuses on monoculture of high-demand cash crops for export
2. What is the historical economic model?Central to colonial economies, driving wealth accumulation and global trade
3. Why did plantations grow in the Caribbean and the Americas?In the Caribbean and the Americas, plantations grew crops such as sugar cane and cotton because the climate was good and European traders wanted them for their markets.
4. How did plantations help make money for European countries?Plantations sent their crops back to Europe, where factories used them to make new products, and the money that came in helped Europe grow and buy more things.

Cash Crop: An agricultural product grown primarily for commercial sale in domestic or international markets.
Monoculture: The agricultural practice of growing a single crop, plant, or livestock species, variety, or breed in a field or farming system at a time.
Comparative Advantage: An economic theory stating that a country or region can produce a good or service at a lower opportunity cost than other countries or regions.
Latifundia: Large agricultural estates in ancient Rome, characterized by extensive land ownership and production for market.