development of agriculture
A revolution made up of mostly subsistence farming and manual labor.
What is the First Agricultural Revolution?
Agricultural practice with dry land climate located in North Africa ans Southwest/Central Asia.
What is pastoral nomadism?
The practice of modifying the DNA makeup of a food.
What are GMO's?
Groups of homes close together near a village.
What are clustered settlements?
On one scale raising vegetables in your backyard and the other owning lots of areas of land worked by many people.
What is growing food?
Revolution that started the use of machinery in farming and the increase of knowledge with fertilizers and soils.
What is the Second Revolution?
Agricultural practice with warm climate and located in Southeastern US and Australia.
What is commercial gardening?
The practice of raising sea life and harvesting them for food.
What is aquaculture?
Homes spread apart in a country side to increase farming.
What are dispersed settlements?
On one scale eating fresh food you grew for dinner, the other canning or freezing food in factories.
What is processing food?
The revolution that increased the use of hybrid seeds and the growth of plants that were disease resistant and grew fast.
What is the Green Revolution?
Agricultural practice with warm climate located in the southern coast of Europe, Northern Coast of Africa, and the Pacific coast of the US.
What is Mediterranean?
Adding steps to hills to create smooth flat surfaces which collect rainfall and reduce soil erosion.
What is terracing?
Farms that are long and thin and run perpendicular to a river.
What is the French long-lot system?
On one scale selling food at a local market, on the other selling to supermarkets or grocery stores.
What is selling food?
The revolution that led to the growth of the sea agriculture industry and fishing.
What is the Blue Revolution?
Agricultural practice with cold climate in north central US and south central Canada.
The act of moving water from it's usual path to benefit the growth of crops.
What is irrigation?
A type of layout where markets are in the middle and farms surround on a flat and featureless plain.
What is isotropic?
What is financing the food industry?
Agricultural practice with warm climate in south, southeast, and east Asia and near large populations.
What is Intensive Subsistence?
The transition of land from fertile to desert because of deforestation.
What is desertification?
Used to indicate the starting position for each land use relative to the market, as well as where each land use would end.
What is the bid rent curve?
On one scale growing different types of food to see what you like best, on the other investing in the research of fertilizers and soils.
What is researching food options?