Origins of Agriculture
This was the first Agricultural Revolution, when humans shifted from hunting and gathering to farming.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
This crop was first domesticated in Mesoamerica and became a global staple.
What is maize (corn)?
The Second Agricultural Revolution introduced this key technology that improved farming efficiency.
What is mechanization (or the seed drill, steel plow, etc.)?
Growing a single crop for sale is known as this.
What is monocropping?
Von Thünen’s model explains agricultural land use based on distance from this.
What is the market (or city)?
This region is considered one of the earliest agricultural hearths, located in Southwest Asia.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Rice was first domesticated in this Asian river valley.
What is the Yangtze River Valley?
One major unintended consequence of the Green Revolution was increased economic inequality because this group benefited the most from new technologies.
Who are large-scale commercial farmers
Raising livestock and crops on the same farm is called this.
What is mixed crop and livestock farming?
According to the model, dairy farming is located close to the city because products are this.
What is perishable?
The process of genetically modifying plants and animals for human use is called this.
What is domestication?
Potatoes were first domesticated in this mountain range of South America.
What are the Andes Mountains?
The Third Agricultural Revolution is also known as this.
What is the Green Revolution?
This type of farming is common in tropical regions and involves clearing land by burning.
What is shifting cultivation?
Extensive livestock ranching is located farther from the city because land is this.
What is cheaper?
This type of agriculture involves growing crops primarily for family consumption.
What is subsistence agriculture?
Wheat and barley were first domesticated in this region.
What is Southwest Asia (Fertile Crescent)?
This agricultural period introduced biotechnology and GMOs.
What is the Third Agricultural Revolution?
Large-scale commercial farming focused on one or two cash crops is known as this.
What is plantation agriculture?
This is the main cost considered in the Von Thünen Model.
What are transportation costs?
This farming innovation of the Second Agricultural Revolution increased soil fertility by alternating crops like wheat, turnips, barley, and clover.
What is crop rotation
Diffusion of crops along trade routes such as the Silk Road is an example of this type of diffusion.
What is relocation diffusion?
This Agricultural Revolution was most closely associated with the Industrial Revolution and led to a significant decline in the percentage of people working in agriculture.
What is the Second Agricultural Revolution?
This type of livestock ranching moves animals seasonally between elevations.
What is transhumance?
This location/ring is "The point where profit cannot be made"
What is the Wilderness