Von Thunen
Sectors of the Economy
Agricultural Revolutions
Crops
Vocabulary
100
Who was Von Thunen?
German farmer, studied spatial layout of farming
100
What is the Primary Sector of the economy?
interacting directly with the earth...fishing, livestock, farming, etc.
100
The 1st Agricultural Revolution began when seed crops were successfully cultivated in...
What is Mesopotamia?
100
Which crops allowed for permanent settlement in Mesopotamia?
What is grain, barley
100
Growing enough food for ones family, survival, local production
What is subsistence agriculture
200
What were the layers of the Von Thunen model
Market, Dairying, Forest, Mass Crops, Livestock grazing
200
What is the tertiary sector of the economy?
service
200
When did the 2nd Agricultural Revolution take place?
1600s to 1800s
200
Where did corn diffuse from?
What is Middle America, Mexico
200
Define shifting cultivation, and where is it mostly found?
clear, harvest, move on .... tropics, sub tropics
300
How can the Von Thunen Model be applied on the global scale?
livestock ranching in remote areas- furthest from market, open lands dairying outside of denver, giving way to cash crops same principles of cost
300
What is the secondary sector?
combining raw materials...construction, ships, toys, ... manufactured products
300
What had to happen before countries could industrialize?
2nd ag. revolution surplus of food for workers moving to cities/factories
300
Where is the banana originally from?
What is SE Asia
300
Survey system that marks land boundaries using physical features
metes-and-bounds
400
What 3 assumptions does Von Thunen make with his model?
- access to market - soil quality/climate - flat land
400
Fishing, Agriculture, and Hunting are part of which sector of the economy?
Primary
400
List a pro and con of 3rd Ag. Rev.
pro - food efficiency con - reduced diversity, reduced control of seeds, reduced soil fertility, increased health risks
400
What country produces the most Genetically modified crops?
MURICA
400
Describe the township-and-range survey system
1 sq. mile "sections"
500
What are two hypothesis we can make from the Von Thunen model about farming and land use?
- cost of land - transportation costs
500
Which sector of the economy do jobs like lawyers and teachers belong to?
What is tertiary
500
Describe 'The Green Revolution"
3rd Ag. Rev. 1930s - present tech. manipulating seeds
500
Where was the potato first cultivated?
What is Andes Mountains
500
Describe the long-lot survey system
long narrow strips of land coming back from river
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