Agricultural Revolutions and Misc.
This agricultural movement, which began in the 1940s, introduced high-yielding varieties of crops, chemical fertilizers, and advanced irrigation techniques to increase food production worldwide.
What is the Green Revolution?
This form of farming produces crops for sale and typically requires significant capital investment.
What is commercial agriculture?
This term refers to an area where residents do not have easy access to fresh food.
What is a food desert?
This term describes farming land that is shaped into narrow strips to maximize the use of fertile soil and, often, access to a waterfront.
What is the long-lot system?
This economic theory explains how the price and demand for land change as distance from the city center increases, with land closer to the city being more expensive.
What is bid rent theory?
This revolution, which started in the 18th century, introduced new machinery like the plow and seed drill, leading to increased crop yields.
What is the Second Agricultural Revolution?
This type of farming, common in tropical areas, involves the cultivation of crops like rice, maize, and cassava.
What is subsistence agriculture?
This farming practice involves the cultivation of fish, commonly in tanks or ocean enclosures, for commercial use.
What is aquaculture?
The global exchange of plants, animals, ideas, people, and diseases between the Old World and the New World starting in about the 15th Century
What is the Columbian Exchange?
In the von Thünen model, this type of farming, which requires perishable products and high transportation costs, is located closest to the central market.
What is dairy farming?
This term refers to the system of commercial agriculture where large-scale corporations control the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products.
What is agribusiness?
This type of farming is practiced in areas with cold climates, often involving crops like barley and livestock.
What is pastoral nomadism?
This type of farming involves high levels of labor and capital in order to maximize yield on small plots of land, often seen in densely populated areas.
What is intensive farming?
This occurs when water from irrigation evaporates and leaves behind salts, which can render soil infertile.
What is salinization?
According to bid rent theory, this agricultural activity would be located furthest from the central market due to low transportation costs and a lower demand for land near urban areas
What is livestock ranching?
This system, common in agribusiness, involves large-scale production of a single crop, which allows for economies of scale but reduces crop diversity.
What is monoculture/monocropping farming?
The type of agriculture common in tropical rainforests, where the forest is cleared and crops are grown until the soil loses its fertility.
What is shifting cultivation?
This form of intensive agriculture focuses on the production of high-value crops like fruits, vegetables, and flowers, often found near urban areas.
What is market gardening?
These organisms are created by altering the DNA of plants or animals to produce desirable traits, such as resistance to pests or improved nutritional content.
What are GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)?
The practice of replacing diverse crop systems with monocultures in agribusiness farming can lead to this environmental problem, where soil becomes less fertile over time.
What is soil degradation?
These regions are the four hearths of world agriculture.
What are the Indus River Valley, Southeast Asia, Mesoamerica, and the Fertile Crescent?
This term refers to the series of steps involved in the production, processing, and distribution of a commodity, from raw materials to finished products.
What is a commodity chain?
This agricultural policy is used by countries to ensure that food prices remain stable and to protect domestic farmers from international price fluctuations.
subsidization?
This land survey system uses physical features of the landscape, such as rivers, trees, and roads, to define property boundaries
What is metes and bounds?
This process occurs when fertile land becomes barren due to overgrazing, deforestation, and improper farming practices, particularly in dry regions.
What is desertification?