Agricultural Practices
Livestock ranching would best be described as ______ farming, while horticulture tends to be more ______ farming.
extensive, intensive
Rural-to-urban migration occurred during the _______ Agricultural Revolution in conjunction with the ________ _______.
Second, Industrial Revolution
______ _______, practiced largely in drylands and arid climates, is an example of subsistent extensive agriculture.
Pastoral nomadism
The primary goal of _________ farming is to feed one's self and family, while the primary goal of _______ farming is to make a profit.
subsistence, commercial
True or false? There is usually a distance-decay relationship between proximity to the urban market and the value of the land, meaning that the closer the land is to an urban center, the less valuable it is.
FALSE. Distance-decay tells us land closer to the market is MORE valuable.
Because of its considerable use of land, _______ farming practices occupy the largest percentage of the world's total land area.
extensive
Which agricultural revolution introduced Machines to farming for the first time?
Second
Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Mesoamerica, and the Sub-Saharan regions were all
Hearths of plant domestication
The growing demand for ______ has led to increased usage of ______, which allows for the faster growth of livestock.
meat, feedlots
While ______ settlements tend to occur in areas with high social and political stability, _______ settlements are relics of a time when living and farming were more communal and are advantageous for defense.
dispersed, clustered/nucleated
True or false? The same crop can be grown in distant countries, such as the US and China, as long as the climate and physical geography are similar.
TRUE! Climate and physical geography are the biggest indicators of whether or not a crop can be grown somewhere. Generally, a crop will grow anywhere that has a similar climate to its hearth.
Who is considered the father of the Green Revolution.
Norman Borlaug
Humans have altered the physical environment to increase agricultural production through techniques like ________ and ______ _______.
irrigation, terrace farming
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Terrace farming is commonly used in Asia for ______ _____ farming.
as a company gets larger they have access to more capital, which allows them to scale up production
economies of scale
Which sector of the economy deals with extracting resources from the environment?
Primary
This type of farming is practiced in warm mid-latitude climates across Europe and certain coastal regions of the Americas, Africa, and Australia.
Mediterranean farming.
The mechanization of agricultural practices during the Second Ag Rev resulted in higher _______ and a growing ______.
yields, population
Under colonialism, this type of commercial agriculture has often replaced subsistence farming.
plantation agriculture
In the increasingly globalized modern market, the consumer can expect to receive their goods through a ______ ______, which allows large corporate farms to produce, process, and distribute their goods.
commodity chain
The township and range survey method developed as a government policy in this country, and tend to be geometrically shaped like this.
United States, squares/rectangles
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: In what geographic region can the township and range survey method mostly be found?
Because it requires significant amounts of water, paddy rice farming tends to found in these 3 types of climates on this continent.
tropical, sub-tropical, warm mid-latitude, Asian
True or false? Corn was first domesticated in the Fertile Crescent and later diffused to Mesoamerica through the Columbian Exchange.
FALSE! Corn, or maize, was first domesticated in Mesoamerica, specifically Mexico.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: What type of diffusion would the Colombian Exchange be considered?
Farmers who rely on _______ _______ have found it increasingly difficult to continue their methods as global demand for plantation cash crops competes for more land use.
shifting cultivation
One positive impact of the growth of commercial farming and agribusiness has been an increase in the ______ ______ of the land.
carrying capacity
Von Thunen used the ______ theory to create a model of the pattern for the types of products that farmers would produce at different positions relative to the market where they sold their goods.
bid-rent