Shifting Cultivation
What is the main reason farmers practicing shifting cultivation move to a new area every few years?
What is soil exhaustion or nutrient depletion?
According to the Von Thunen Model, which type of agricultural activity is found closest to the city center?
What is dairy farming or market gardening?
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The long Lot system is most associated with which former colonial power?
What is France?
What is a supply chain in agriculture?
What is the process of producing, processing, transporting, and selling agricultural products?
In which type of climate is shifting cultivation most commonly found?
What is tropical or rainforest climates?
What factor does the Von Thunen model primarily base agricultural land use on?
What is transportation cost?
Name one crop that traveled from the Americas to Europe during the Columbian Exchange.
What is maize or corn, potatoes, and tomatoes?
Why are long lots long and narrow, stretching back from a river or road?
What is ensure equal access to transportation routes?
What is one major goal of urban farming?
What is to grow food closer to consumers or reduce food miles?
What is the term for the cleared area of land created by cutting and burning vegetation in shifting cultivation?
What is a swidden?
Why would forests be located in the second ring of the Von Thunen model?
What is because wood is bulky and expensive to transport?
What is the spread of European disease like smallpox?
In which region of North America can u still see the long Lot system in use today?
What is desertification and what causes it?
What is the degradation of land in dry areas due to overgrazing deforestation, or climate change?
Why is the shifting cultivation considered unsustainable on a large scale?
How does the Von Thunen model assume land quality and topography?
Name one animal that was introduced to the Americas during the Columbian Exchange?
How did the long Lot system impact community development?
What is it created linear settlements along rivers and roads?
Why might farmers in arid regions use drip irrigation?
What is to conserve water and reduce soil erosion?
Name one region where shifting cultivation is still practiced today?
What is the Amazon Basin, Sub-Saharan Africa, or Southeast Asia?
What is that it doesn't account for modern transportation, government policies, or variations in terrain?
How did the introduction of new crops from the Americas impact European and African populations?
What is improve nutrition and population growth?
What is that it can make large scale mechanized farming difficult?
How can globalization affect the agricultural supply chain?
What is by increasing trade and efficiency but also making it vulnerable to disruptions?