unit 3 con.
What is a taboo?
What is a cultural restriction on behavior often related to food or social customs?
What is a nation-state?
What is a multinational state?
what is a country with multiple ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination?
What is subsistence farming?
What is farming to produce food primarily for the farmer's own consumption?
What is crop rotation?
What is the practice of alternating crops in field to maintain soil fertility?
What is syncretism?
What is the blending of two or more cultural traditions into a new practice or belief?
What is a centripetal force?
What is a unifying force that promotes national unity and stability?
What is an invisible line marking a state's territory?
What is the Green Revolution?
What was a series of agricultural innovations that increased yields using technology, especially in developing countries?
What is shifting cultivation?
What is a subsistence farming method where land is cleared, used, then left to regenerate?
What is a lingua franca?
What is a common language used among speakers of different native languages for trade or communication?
What is a stateless nation?
What is an ethnic group that does not have a state of its own?
What is devolution?
The transfer of political power form a central government to regional or local governments?
What is the Von Thunen model?
What is a model explaining agricultural land use in relation to a market based on transportation cost and perishability?
What is intensive agriculture?
What is farming that uses a lot of labor and resources on a small amount of land?
What is relocation diffusion?
What is when cultural traits spread through the movement of people?
What is gerrymandering?
What is the manipulation of electoral boundaries to favor one party or group?
What is a shatterbelt?
How has agribusiness changed farming
what is the industrialization of agriculture, where corporations own large-scale farms and influence food production?
What is desertification?
What is the degradation of land in arid areas due to overgrazing, deforestation, or poor irrigation?
What is ethnocentrism?
What is the belief that one's own culture is superior to others often leading to cultural misunderstanding or conflict?
What is a supranational organization?
What is an entity composed of multiple states that work together for mutual benefits?
What is the Law of the Sea?
What is a set of laws which defines territorial water and exclusive economic zones for states?
What are the enviromental impacts of commercial agriculture?
What are negative effects like deforestation, water overuse, and pollution caused by large-scale industrial farming?
What is fair trade?
What is a movement promoting higher income for producers and sustainable farming practices in developing regions?