Types of Agriculture
This type of agriculture is practiced primarily to feed the farmer and their family.
What is subsistence agriculture?
This early revolution marked the shift from hunting and gathering to farming.
What is the First Agricultural Revolution or Neolithic Revolution?
This perishable product is found in the innermost ring of the Von Thünen model.
What is dairy (or milk)?
In this rural settlement pattern, homes and buildings are grouped close together.
What is a clustered settlement?
This term refers to large-scale, industrialized farming integrated with food processing and distribution.
What is agribusiness?
This is the key difference between intensive and extensive agriculture.
What is the amount of labor and land use?
This invention, used during the Second Agricultural Revolution, helped increase planting efficiency.
What is the seed drill?
This natural resource is placed in the second ring because of its weight and transportation costs.
What is wood or forest products?
This land use pattern, common in Quebec and Louisiana, involves long, narrow parcels extending from a river.
What is the long-lot system?
This type of farming avoids the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers.
What is organic farming?
This type of subsistence agriculture involves the seasonal movement of animals in dry climates.
What is pastoral nomadism?
This recent agricultural movement introduced high-yield seeds and chemical fertilizers to developing countries.
What is the Green Revolution?
The Von Thünen model assumes this about the landscape surrounding the central market.
What is an isotropic/plain/featureless land?
This U.S. land survey system created rectangular townships divided into 36 sections.
What is the township and range system?
This term describes an area with limited access to fresh, affordable, and healthy food.
What is a food desert?
Mixed crop and livestock farming and grain farming are examples of this kind of agriculture.
What is commercial agriculture?
One major criticism of the Green Revolution is its contribution to this environmental problem.
What is environmental degradation or pollution from chemicals?
This type of agriculture is found in the outermost ring of the model.
What is livestock ranching?
In this type of rural settlement, homes are spread far apart and surrounded by farmland.
What is a dispersed settlement?
Overgrazing, deforestation, and poor farming practices can lead to this type of land degradation.
What is desertification?
This method, often used in tropical regions, involves cutting and burning vegetation to clear fields.
What is shifting cultivation?
Countries like India and Mexico experienced significant agricultural change as a result of this revolution.
What is the Green Revolution?
This is one major limitation of the Von Thünen model when applied to the modern world.
What is it doesn’t account for modern transportation or physical geography?
This early American system used landmarks, directions, and distances to define property boundaries.
What is the metes and bounds system?
This environmentally focused farming method aims to preserve long-term productivity and reduce harm.
What is sustainable agriculture?