Types of Agriculture
This kind of commercial agriculture produces products like coffee in tropical environments
Plantation agriculture
Which Revolution involved the domestication of plants and animals and a shift from hunting and gathering?
1st Agricultural Rev
What did Von Thunen believe decisions regarding what farmers produced and where were based on?
Transportation time/costs
People who live in these areas experience increased rates of diabetes and heart disease since it is hard to live a healthy life.
Food deserts
What does ‘GMO’ stand for?
Genetically Modified Organism
Which kind of agriculture is practiced in Chile, Southern Europe, and Australia, and produces figs, dates and olives?
Mediterranean agriculture
Which Revolution involved the use of GMOs and bioengineering to produce better types of plants and animals?
Third Agricultural Revolution (Green Revolution)
In Von Thunen’s Model, what kind of farming is located closest to the market?
Dairy farming & Gardening
What do you call chemicals and nutrients that are added to the soil to increase crop yields?
Fertilizers
A survey method where land property is split up according to features in the landscape (ex. trees, rivers, large rocks etc.)
Metes and Bounds
This controversial kind of subsistence agriculture involves cutting down & burning parts of the forest, farming on it, then allowing it to regrow
Shifting Cultivation/Slash and Burn
Which agricultural revolution involved the creation of the first permanent settled societies?
1st Agricultural Revolution
What kind of farming is located farthest from the market in Von Thunen’s Model?
Ranching
This place, named for its half moon-like shape, is where the First Agricultural Revolution began
Fertile Crescent
Step-like structures carved into hills and mountainsides in order to allow crop farming
Terrace farms
This type of intensive, commercial agriculture involves growing fruits and vegetables in small gardens close to urban centers
Which agricultural revolution had its hearth in Great Britain, but then diffused through Europe and America?
2nd Agricultural Revolution
Why is grain farming located far away from the market in Von Thunen’s Model?
It requires lots of land and is light and easy to transport
The problem of not having enough to eat, or not having enough healthy food to eat
Food insecurity
These type of goods are raw materials taken directly from the earth, they will later be turned into finished goods
Commodities
This kind of subsistence agriculture is extensive and takes place in drylands
Pastoral nomadism
Which agricultural revolution led to a major increase in population growth and urbanization?
2nd Agricultural Revolution
Why were forests located close to the market in Von Thunen’s Model?
It was heavy and used often for fuel, heating, etc.
Commodities (raw materials) are changed, combined and turned into complete products known as these
Finished Goods
This thinker from the 1800s would look at today's massive world population of 8 billion with extreme anxiety. He would predict worldwide starvation is in our future
Thomas Malthus