Agricultural Practices
What is the cultivating of only one commercial crop on a large piece of land?
Monocropping
What did human domesticate first: plants or animals?
Plants
What was the machine that made planting seeds in rows much faster than ever before?
Seed drill
Did the Green Revolution increase of decrease world hunger?
Decrease
Which country was von Thünen from?
Germany
What is the primary goal of intensive subsistence agriculture?
Producing food for local consumption
What are centers where new practices develop and from which they spread?
Hearths
Name an innovation that was developed during the Second Agricultural Revolution
Seed drill, steel plow, tractor, mechanical reaper
What is the planting of another crop on the same land as soon as the first crop has been harvested?
Double-cropping
What shape is the von Thünen model?
Circle
What is the primary goal of commercial agriculture?
Profit maximization
Which region is the Fertile Crescent located in?
Southwest Asia
What are chemical compounds used in agriculture that are made from natural gas and petroleum?
Agrichemicals
What is the planting of two or three crops per year on the same land?
Multicropping
How many rings were in von Thünen's original model?
4
What are assets that cost money, such as land, machinery, and seeds called?
Capital expenditures
Wheat diffused from the Middle East to which continent?
Europe
1600s
During which agricultural revolution did the Green Revolution occur?
Third Agricultural Revolution
Which theory did von Thünen use that influenced his model?
Bid-rent theory
What is a primary agricultural product or raw material that is bought, traded and sold?
Commodity
What was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, technology, culture, and human populations between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World?
The Columbian Exchange
What is the consequence of overuse of fertilizer called?
Nutrient pollution
Farmers who adopted the many techniques of the Green Revolution shifted their focus from subsistence agriculture to _________?
Commercial agricultural
The is the area outside of a city referred to as?
The hinterland