Agricultural Revolutions
Revolution where humans began domesticating plants and animals.
What is the First Agricultural Revolution?
Farming that requires high labor on small plots.
What is intensive agriculture?
Model that explains land use around a market.
What is von Thünen’s model?
Impact of irrigation on soil in dry climates.
What is salinization?
Women in LDCs often participate in this kind of farming.
What is subsistence farming?
Revolution that included new tools, crop rotation, and fertilizers in Europe.
What is the Second Agricultural Revolution?
Rice farming in Southeast Asia is an example of this.
What is intensive subsistence agriculture?
Farming close to the city in von Thünen's model.
What is dairying or market gardening?
This happens when forests are cut down for farming.
What is deforestation?
Barrier that limits women’s access to land ownership.
What is gender inequality or patriarchy?
Time period when biotechnology and GMOs emerged.
What is the Third Agricultural Revolution?
Farming that uses large land areas with low labor input.
What is extensive agriculture?
Rural pattern with homes and fields spread far apart.
What is dispersed settlement pattern?
Problem caused by overuse of chemical fertilizers.
What is soil depletion or water pollution?
Women’s unpaid labor often supports this type of economy.
What is the informal economy?
Revolution that increased crop yields in India and Mexico.
What is the Green Revolution?
Ranching and shifting cultivation are examples of this.
What is extensive agriculture?
Land division system with square plots in the U.S.
Midwest.What is township and range?
Farming practice that maintains ecological balance.
What is sustainable agriculture?
Educating women farmers improves this.
What is food security or crop productivity?
Negative impact of the Green Revolution.
What is environmental degradation or increased inequality?
A type of agriculture that uses capital instead of manual labor.
What is commercial agriculture?
French land division system along rivers.
What is long-lot survey system?
How agriculture contributes to climate change.
What is methane from livestock or carbon emissions?
Global organization that supports gender equity in farming.
What is the FAO or UN Women?