Types of Agriculture
Farming a single crop
What is Monoculture?
Number of rings in the Von Thünen Model
4; Intensive Farming & Dairying, Forestry, Field Crops, Ranching & Livestock
Name all three survey methods
Township and Range System (PLSS), Long Lot, & Metes and Bounds
The second agriculture revolution was driven by _______.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Type of settlement where homes are distant
What is dispersed settlement?
The farming of aquatic organisms in controlled environments
What is Aquaculture?
Land value and rent decrease as distance from a central business district increases
What is the Bid-Rent Theory?
Straight roads, square farms, homes aligned to grids
What is Township and Range System (PLSS)?
A movement during the 1960s-70s where scientists developed new strains of high-yielding crops through crossbreeding
What is the Green Revolution?
The seasonal movement of people from the highlands in the summer to the lowlands in the winter.
What is transhumance?
Terracing and wet farming are a type of ___________ agriculture.
What is Intensive Subsistence Agriculture?
The ring around the market from where milk can be distributed without perishing (Von Thünen Model)
What is the milkshed ring in the Von Thünen Model?
A land division method used by French settlers in America, characterized by long, narrow, rectangular lots running perpendicular to a river
What is the Long Lots system?
Neolithic Hearths (First Revolution)
The Fertile Crescent, Indus Valley, and Central America
The lack of consistent access to safe, nutritious food
What is food insecurity?
A plot of land is farmed until it is exhausted, and then a new plot of land is prepared for planting
What is Shifting Cultivation?
In the 21st century, what two technological advancements have changed the concentric rings in the Von Thünen Model in developed countries?
What is Modern transportation and Refrigeration?
A land division method used by English settlers in the U.S where property lines are marked by physical features
What is Metes and Bounds?
The time period of the second revolution
17th - 20th century
Type of settlement where homes are located near each other and create a central farm village that provides shared services
What is a clustered settlement?
Compare dairy farming and ranching
Dairy farming is an intensive process, focused on raising cattle for milk products. Ranching is extensive and focuses on raising livestock for meat, utilizing large grazing areas.
The Von Thünen Model is based on _________, _________, and _________.
Distance to market, Bid-Rent, and Perishability.
Of the three survey methods, (Long Lot, Metes and Bounds, & Township and Range System) which one does New York use?
Hint: New England
What is Metes & Bounds?
Definition of Commodity Chains
A linked, step-by-step process for gathering resources, and manufacturing, distributing, and selling goods.
The Sahel region in Africa where population growth, grazing, and farming have stripped vegetation, leading to land erosion and migration represents ___________.
What is desertification?