Agriculture primarily for the purpose of selling products for money
Commercial
100
Before agriculture, humans acquired food through this two part process which involved killing some of their food source
Hunting and gathering
100
A coal miner would work in this sector of the economy
Primary
100
This sort of land dividing technique was based on natural physical boundaries
Metes and Bounds
200
In agriculture, to produce for one's self is _______ farming.
Subsistence
200
__________________ agriculture involves lighting forest on fire, then using the nutrients from the trees to plant. It also has the negative effect of this __________________, which essentially means having fewer trees
Slash and burn, deforestation
200
List 3 of the original agricultural hearths
Mesoamerica, Andes Region, Mesopotamia, Nile River Valley, Indus River valley, Huan Ho river region
200
Before people starting planting seeds, they practiced this sort of agriculture
Vegetative
200
This sort of land division was used to maximize the number of properties that got water from a river
Long lot
300
This term refers to any sort of business that focuses on agriculture
Agribusiness
300
This sort of intensive farming is most common in East Asia, especially China.
Wet Rice farming
300
This "revolution" saw the use of Genetically modified organisms.
Green Revolution
300
Define swidden
an area of land cleared for cultivation by slashing and burning vegetation
300
List the main regions that experience tropical climates
Latin America, Sub Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia
400
This sort of agriculture involves a large plot of land, but doesn't require much work
Extensive
400
This sort of agriculture involves people moving around based on the food supply
Nomadism
400
Von Thunen believed that the forest should be kept relatively close to the city. Why, and what materials did he believe would be acquired from there?
Firewood, and it needed to be kept close because transporting firewood was difficult because it was heavy.
400
This is the idea that dry areas of land are growing larger, expanding to other (not as dry) areas
Desertification
400
Von Thunen argued that this sort of agriculture could take place the furthest away from the market - name the type and explain why
Dairying because there would be no transport cost, and the animals would require large amounts of land. Land gets cheaper as you go further away from the city.
500
This sort of agriculture involves a high degree of work on a small piece of land
Intensive
500
This type of agriculture involves crops such as grapes and olives. Identify the type and list regions where it occurs.