Traditional Agriculture
This type of farming started after the Ice Age, when people began planting crops and raising animals. (Kinda a trick question)
Agriculture
The iron version of this tool made farming easier
The plow
These machines replaced people and animals.
The tractor
Name one tool farmers use today with technology.
Drones, GPS tractors, or computers.
What kind of animals does a dairy farmer have?
Cows
Farmers in this era used these types of tools instead of machines.
Hand tools
Changing crops each year is called this.
Crop rotation
This invention kept food cold while traveling.
Refrigeration
Farmers today try to protect the earth. This is called what?
Sustainability
What plants are on a crop farm?
Corn, wheat, beans, etc
Name one animal domesticated in this era.
Cattle/cows, sheep, goats
Farmers now grew enough food to do this.
Sell/Trade
Farmers used this type of transportation to ship crops far away.
Trains/railroads.
Is most corn grown for human consumption?
No.
Why would someone raise sheep?
For wool.
What would farmers do at this time (and sometimes now) to make their fields more fertile?
Controlled burn
Breeding only the best animals is called this.
Selective Breeding
Farming became less about survival and more about this.
$$$$$$$
Are most farms family owned or company owned today? Why?
Company, because it can be expensive to be a farmer today.
What is a fish farming called?
Aquaculture
People in this era mostly grew food for this purpose.
For survival and their families!
This tool would plant seeds in neat rows
Seed drill
This machine helped harvest wheat quickly.
The Tractor.
This type of farming stacks plants on top of each other inside buildings.
Vertical Farming
Where do most Pineapples come from?
Hawaii!