Converting forests into fields was part of which process?

Correct answer: Agricultural expansion

Correct answer: B, agricultural expansion. Agricultural expansion means increasing the amount of land used for farming. When forests are cut and the cleared land is turned into fields, the area under cultivation becomes larger. This is exactly the process described in the question. During colonial rule, the demand for cultivated land was connected with crop production, markets and the collection of land revenue. B is correct because it names the direct process. A is wrong because sea trade involves ships and exchange across water, not the conversion of forests into fields. C is wrong because music education concerns learning music and has no relation to land use. D is wrong because making snow is unrelated to clearing forests or increasing farmland. A useful way to solve the question is to identify the key words: “forests into fields.” Forest-to-field conversion means agricultural expansion. Memory cue: more fields equals expanded agriculture.