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Finally..

If you and your family can visit Xochimilco, you will enjoy a ride on the trajinera and, although getting close to the chinampas is not allowed,you will be able to observe them from the trajinera. You won't believe your eyes.. Maybe,you will understand what Bernardo de Vargas said in the 16th century about the floating gardens:

"Something neuer seen in the world."

Reading

Read the following statements and write T for true and F for false, according to what you read.

a) Chinamperia is a dangerous planting method.()b) Pesticides and chemical substances are needed for chinamperia.()This planting method saves a lot of water.()d)Livestock is not affected by this way of planting.()e Crop rotation is very common in this practice.()f)The chinampas permitted to create an aquacultural method.()g)Acatonalli was the first Lord of Tenochtitlan.()h)Ahuejote trees were used to surround the parcels.()i)Chinampas produced beans, corn, and carrots.()

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Vocabulary

Observe the following words related to floating gardens and write their meaning considering the context.



Agriculture	Agronomy	Rural
Cultivation	Aquaculture	Crop
Agroecology	Crop rotation	Chemical substance
Livestock	Irrigation	Pesticide

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