Ag/Industry test Flashcards
(9 cards)
location theory
predicting where businesses will or should be located
webers model
least cost theory ex. shirt manufactured near cotton field
hotellings model
location interdependence theory; copy cat
loschs model
maximum profit
industrial revolution
a series of inventions that brought new uses to known energy sources, new machines to improve efficiencies and enable other new inventions
fair trade agriculture
allows you to have a fair guarantee for a price for a commodity
intertillage
carefully plant through a season to reduce loss and produce farming gain
second ag revolution
cultivation, harvesting, and storage improved
third ag revolution
created high yeild grains, rice, GMOs/Science got involved