Agricultural Revolutions
This was the time when humans first began domesticating plants and animals.
What is the First Agricultural Revolution?
This type of farming is for personal/family use, not for sale.
What is subsistence agriculture?
This model explains agricultural land use in rings around a central city.
What is the Von Thünen Model?
Farming and fishing are examples of this economic sector.
What is the primary sector?
The Industrial Revolution began in this country.
What is the United Kingdom?
This revolution used machinery and chemical fertilizers to boost food production during the 1800s.
What is the Second Agricultural Revolution?
Name the intensive, small-scale farming system common in Southeast Asia.
What is wet rice dominant agriculture?
According to Von Thünen, this product is grown closest to the market due to perishability.
What is dairy?
Manufacturing and factory work belong to this sector.
What is the secondary sector?
This model explains why businesses locate near markets or raw materials.
What is Weber’s Least Cost Theory?
This modern revolution increased global food supply through GMOs and high-yield seeds.
What is the Green Revolution (Third Agricultural Revolution)?
This practice involves the seasonal movement of livestock.
What is pastoral nomadism?
This land-use pattern is often found in rural U.S. areas with grid-like divisions.
What is township-and-range?
Retail and healthcare are examples of this growing sector.
What is the tertiary sector?
These are areas in countries with no tariffs to attract business and industry.
What are free trade zones (or export processing zones)?
The Green Revolution was especially influential in this world region.
What is South Asia (India)?
Commercial agriculture in MDCs is often this type of production.
What is monoculture?
This land-use pattern is common in French-settled areas like Louisiana, with long narrow lots.
What is the long-lot system?
Tech and knowledge-based jobs belong to this high-level sector.
What is the quaternary sector?
The shift of manufacturing from MDCs to LDCs is called this.
What is outsourcing or offshoring?
One major consequence of the Green Revolution was this environmental issue.
What is soil degradation (or water pollution)?
This form of agriculture produces fruits, vegetables, and flowers, usually near urban areas.
What is horticulture?
One major limitation of the Von Thünen Model today is this.
What is modern transportation/technology?
CEOs and high-level decision-makers belong to this sector.
What is the quinary sector?
The term for jobs in informal economies, often unregulated.
What is informal sector labor?