Agricultural Origins
This region is considered one of the earliest centers of plant domestication.
What is the fertile crescent.
Growing different crops in different seasons to maintain soil fertility.
What is crop rotation?
The amount of crop produced per unit of land.
What is yield?
The wearing away of soil by wind or water.
What is erosion?
The use of machines in farming is called this.
What is mechanization?
The shift from hunting and gathering to farming is known as this.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
A farming method that uses no synthetic chemicals.
What is organic farming?
Farming done primarily to sell products for profit.
What is commercial agriculture?
Excessive use of water leading to salt buildup in soil.
What is salinization?
Crops genetically altered for desired traits are known as this.
What are GMOs
This crop was first domesticated in Mesoamerica and became a staple.
What is maize (corn)?
Cutting steps into hillsides to prevent erosion.
What is terracing?
Farming mainly for personal consumption.
What is subsistence agriculture?
Clearing forests for agriculture is known as this.
What is deforestation?
This mid-20th century movement increased crop yields using fertilizers and new seeds.
What is the Green Revolution?
This term refers to the independent invention of agriculture in different regions.
What is parallel evolution?
This practice involves growing one crop over a large area.
What is monocropping?
This model explains land use based on transportation cost and market distance.
What is the Von Thünen Model?
Overgrazing can lead to this desert-like condition.
What is desertification?
Technology that uses GPS and data to improve farming efficiency.
What is precision agriculture?
This Asian river valley is associated with early rice domestication.
What is the Yangtze River Valley?
Raising fish and crops together in a sustainable system.
What is aquaponics?
Government payments to support farmers are called this.
What are subsidies?
This term describes the loss of variety in living organisms.
What is biodiversity loss?
Growing crops in stacked layers indoors is called this.
What is vertical farming?