the production of food primarily for consumption by the farmer’s family.
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What is clustered rural settlement?
an agricultural-based community in which a number of families live in close proximity to each other, with fields surrounding the collection of houses and farm buildings.
100
What is subsistence agriculture characterized by?
a high percentage of farmers, small farms and few machines
100
Where is shifting cultivation practiced?
in wet lands and pastoral nomadism in dry lands
200
What is agriculture?
deliberate modification of earth’s surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain
200
What is commercial agriculture?
the production of food primarily for sale off the farm
200
What does a clustered rural settlement typically include?
barns, homes, toolsheds, and other farm structures. Plus religious structures, schools and shops
200
What is commercial agriculture characterized by?
a small percentage of farmers, large farms and many machines
200
What are the 4 types of subsistence agriculture predominate in LDC's?
shifting cultivation, pastoral nomadism, intensive subsistence, and plantation
300
When did groups convert to agriculture?
When they realized seeds and dropped plants grew new plants
300
How many regions of subsistence and agriculture farming can the world be divided into?
7
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What is a dispersed rural settlement?
a rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages
300
how many acres does the average U.S. farm have?
444
300
What do pastoral nomad's depend on primarily for survival?
animals
400
How much of the world still survives off of hunting and gathering?
0.005
400
Where does shifting cultivation take place?
primarily the tropical regions of South America, Africa, and SE Asia
400
Today in North America, linear rural settlements exist in areas settled by whom?
The French
400
When was the first all-iron plow made?
1770's
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How many people are pastoral nomads?
15 million
500
Where did agriculture originate?
it didn't originate in one certain area. It originated all over
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Where does mixed crop and livestock agriculture take place?
primarily U.S. Midwest and central Europe
500
What does the German Gewandorf settlement consist of?
a core of houses, barns, and churches, encircled by different types of agricultural activities.
500
The building of what in the 19th century helped with the improvement of transportation of livestock and crops?
the railroad
500
Where is intensive subsistence agriculture practiced?
in densely population East, South, and Southeast Asia