Vocab
Define Commercial Agriculture
Production of crops where the main goal is to turn a profit?
What is in the center of the Von Thunen Model?
City/Market
A shift from hunting and gathering to subsistence farming.
Name one major hearth of agriculture.
Fertile Crescent, South Asia, Andes Mountain
Define Subsistence Farming
What is farming just to meet survival needs?
What ring of the Von Thunen model would livestock be located?
Ring 4
What other event did the Second Agricultural Revolution coincide with?
The Industrial Revolution
Agriculture that uses many inputs to produce as much as possible is considered to be
Intensive agriculture
Herding animals and moving them seasonally.
If a goat is used for milk, where would the farmer decide to locate his goat according to the Von Thunen Model?
Ring 1 near the market
Which agricultural revolution is associated with the agricultural hearths?
Where can you find wet-rice farming?
Asia
Define agriculture
Cultivation of plants or raising animals to produce goods for survival
What does the Bid Rent Theory state?
Land closer to the city is more expensive than land that is far away.
Where did the Second Agricultural Revolution originate and when?
1700s-1900s in Great Britain
What was the important impact of the first Agricultural Revolution?
People began to settle in one place.
Define Shifting Cultivation
Use of a plot of land for a few years, then shift to a new location
What does ring 3 represent?
Grain production
Who was the "Father of the Green Revolution?"
Norman Borlaug
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO's) were created as part of what agricultural revolution?
The 3rd