Types of Agriculture
This type of farming is practiced mainly for household consumption rather than for sale
What is subsistence agriculture?
Crops are grown primarily for human consumption. Farms sell their output to manufacturers of food products, such as breakfast cereals and bread
What is commercial grain farming?
In Von Thünen’s model, this type of farming takes place in the outermost ring
What is livestock ranching?
Term for a settlement pattern where homes are spaced far apart
What is dispered settlement?
This global exchange of crops, animals, and diseases between the Americas, Europe, and Africa began after Columbus's voyages
What is the Columbian Exchange?
These large-scale farming operations, often in Latin America, produce speciality, commodity items and cash crops for export
What is planation farming?
This type of farming produces high-value crops like fruits, vegetables, and flowers, often near urban markets
What is market-gardening?
According to Von Thünen’s model, perishable goods like dairy are located here relative to the market
What is the innermost ring (closest to the market)
Long strips of land that start at a river or lake to provide all landowners with equal access to the resources (soil & water) and transportation
What is long-lot?
The Green Revolution had the biggest impact on food production in these two regions, helping to reduce famine
To get points, you must name one region
DAILY DOUBLE!
What are South Asia and Latin America?
In dry climates, people often practice this form of agriculture, where they move livestock from place to place
What is pastoral nomadism?
Agriculture involving large amount of labor and/or small plots of land
What is intensive agriculture?
In the second ring of Von Thünen’s model, farmers grow this type of product, which is bulky and expensive to transport
What is timber?
Settlement pattern that is organized along a line
What is a linear settlement?
The first agricultural revolution led to this major shift in human societies.
What is the transition from hunting and gathering to settled farming?
This farming technique, common in tropical forests, involves clearing land by cutting and burning vegetation
What is slash-and-burn agriculture?
This term describes the network of steps involved in the production, processing, distribution, and sale of agricultural goods from farms to consumer
What is commodity chains?
This factor determines land use patterns in Von Thünen’s model
DAILY DOUBLE!
What is transportation or perishability?
Rectangle grid system that is meant to keep track of land sales and purchases, utilize a uniform survey method
What is township and range?
The Green Revolution introduced these new technologies to increase crop yields
What are high-yield seeds, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides?
Some of the fruits and vegetables are sold fresh to consumers, but most are sold to large processors for canning or freezing
What is market-gardening?
Intensive agriculture that produces crops like grapes, olives, dates, figs
What is mediterranean farming?
A limitation of the Von Thünen model is that it does not account for this type of advancement
Transportation
Utilization of landmarks and physical features to establish boundary lines
What is metes and bounds?
The Second Agricultural Revolution coincided with this larger historical period
What is the Industrial Revolution?