The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth’s surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for subsistence or economic gain
What is Farming
100
The technique, occupation, or diversion of catching fish.
What is Fishing
100
The use of machinery in agriculture, like tractors
What is Agricultural Industrialization
100
Commercial agriculture characterized by integration of different steps in the food-processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporations.
What is Agribusiness
100
How many states have more than 1 NFL football team
6
200
The areas in the world that include MDCs are called the _____ and the area of the world that contains the LDCs is referred to as the ________
What is Core/Periphery
200
The “farming” and sale/distribution of milk and milk products.
What is Dairying
200
Commercial agriculture characterized by integration of different steps in the food-processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporations.
What is Agribusiness
200
The revolution of biotechnology and the use of it in societies
What is Biorevolution
200
What is The number of planets
8
300
The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time.
What is Diffusion
300
a plot of land on which livestock are fattened for market
What is a Feedlot
300
: Using living organisms in a useful way to produce commercial products like pest resistant crops
What is Biotechnolgy
300
Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield seeds and fertilizer
What is Green Revolution
300
Before agriculture, humans gained food by hunting for animals, fishing, or gathering plants. They lived in small groups (less than 50 people), traveled frequently following game and seasonal growth of plants
What is Hunting and Gathering
400
Energy replaced continually within a human lifespan, has an essentially unlimited supply and is not depleted when used by people. Solar energy, hydroelectric, geothermal, fusion and wind, are the most widely used.
What is Renewable Energy
400
The cultivation of aquatic organisms especially for food
What is Aquaculture
400
A form of subsistence agriculture in which farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasibly yield from a parcel of land
What is Intensive Subsistence Agriculture
400
Economic system in which a single agency makes all decisions about the production and allocation of goods and services
What is Planned Economy
400
Bill Clinton
Who is the 42nd president
500
A series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habits, the smallest being fed upon by a larger one, which in turn feeds a still larger one, etc.
What is Food Chain
500
Extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, vein, or coal seam.
What is Mining
500
Increased use of fertilizers with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium
What is Chemical Farming
500
Maize, wheat, and rice are the most produced grains produced world wide, accounting for 87% of all grains and 43% of all food. Maize staple food of North America, South American, Africa, and livestock worldwide
What is Staple Grains
500
Who is the starting center for the Denver Nuggets (NBA team)