Crops
Fruit grown in hot, humid, tropical regions
Bananas
A factor that affects a country's ability to produce their own food with temperature being a component
Climate
BCE
Before the Common Era
Where did people begin farming in North America
Eastern US
% of the Earth that is covered in Land
25%
Fruit grown best in climates with cold winters
Apple
A factor that affects a country's ability to produce their own food with land being a component
Open Space
a term referring to the foods and culture originating in Europe, Africa, or Asia
Old World
Where did people begin farming in Central America
Mesoamerica
Meaning of Inhospitable
unusable; polar regions, Deserts, Mountains - unwelcoming
Grain grown in temperatures from 63* to 97*
Rice
A factor that affects a country's ability to produce their own food with pH being a component
Soil Quality
a term referring to the foods and culture originating in the Americas
New World
Where did people begin farming in Africa
Sahel or West Africa or Ethiopia
Meaning of habitable
Capable of being lived in
Green Olives and Black Olives grow on the same tree, how is the different color possible
different stage in ripeness
A factor that affects a country's ability to produce their own food with moisture being a component
Water Availability
a widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations, communicable disease, and ideas between the New World (Americas) and the Old World (Africa and Europe)
Columbian Exchange
Olives - Old or New World? Where?
Old - Mediterranean
Fraction of the Earth used for Agricultural land
1/12
Tomatoes - Old world or New? Where?
New World Mexico
A factor that affects a country's ability to produce their own food with quotas being a component
Economics & Government
geographic region where a plant first appeared or developed its distinctive properties
center of origin
Where did people begin farming in Asia
China
Fraction of the Earth used for growing food crops
1/48