Settlement Patterns and Survey Methods
What settlement pattern is homes that are located near each other to create a village that provides showed services?
Clustered
What is an Agricultural Hearth?
A place of origin for agricultural technologies, culture, and innovations.
HYVs and GMOs were created in the _____ Revolution.
Name one of the primary cost the Von Thünen Model is based off of.
The cost of land vs. the distance of reaching your target market.
High inputs of labor, capital, and technology per unit of land.
Intensive agriculture.
What settlement pattern is people average themselves in a line typically along a road or river?
Linear.
Name one major crop contribution for the Fertile Crescent.
Wheat, Barley, Rye, Lentils, Oats, Goat, Pig, Dog, Cattle, Olives.
Irrigation systems were invented in what revolution?
1st Agricultural revolution.
What is the closest ring that surrounds the city in the Von Thünen Model?
Dairy.
What is moving animals to different locations to find fresh pastures?
Nomadic herding.
What survey ranges land into rectangular lots with one small side along a vital resource?
Long-lot.
Name a type of Agricultural Diffusion.
Contagious Diffusion, Relocation Diffusion, or Hierarchical Diffusion.
Chemical fertilizers were invented in what revolution?
Third or Green Revolution.
Why are perishable goods grown close to the city?
They spoil quickly and are expensive to transport long distances.
Monoculture.
What survey method divides land into square plots of equal size?
Township and range.
Where are the Yellow/Yangtze Rivers located?
East Asia
The seed drill and _____ were staples in the second revolution.
What is at the center of the model?
A single market city where farmers sell their goods.
Plots are burned for nutrients, and left to recover so that the soil becomes fertile.
Shifting cultivation or slash and burn.
What survey is establishing property boundaries according to natural landscape?
Metes-and bounds.
Name one example of Agricultural Diffusion.
The Green Revolution, The Columbian exchange, The Silk Road Trade. (Other Possible Answers)
Seed drills were apart of what revolution?
2nd Revolution.
What theory accounts for location of agriculture in Von Thünen?
Bid rent theory.
What is farming in one place permanently?
Sedentary farming.