Unit 5 Flashcards

(48 cards)

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Agriculture

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The purposeful cultivation of plants or raising of animals to produce goods for survival

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Tropical climate region (3 sub divisions)

Hint: Warm rain creates wet and dry forests

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Areas with warm temperatures year round and varying precipitation

Subunit 1: Wet tropical
- lots of precipitation
- growth of tropical rain forests

Subunit 2: Tropical monsoon
- heavy summer rains and dry winters

Subunit 3: Tropical wet and try
- less rainy season than the tropical monsoon

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Dry climate region (2 subunits)

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Areas with dry climate (commonly found in continent interiors)

Subdivision 1: Arid
- very dry

Subdivision 2: semi arid
- minimal precipitation
- grass lands

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Temperate climate region (3 subunits)

Hint: Marines in the Mediterranean blame their temper on the humid climate

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Areas with moderate temperature and adequate precipitation amounts

Subunit 1: humid temperate
- eastern side of a continent
- cold winters and year long precipitation

Subunit 2: marine west coast
- west coast of a continent
- cold winter and lots of rain

Subunit 3: Mediterranean
- west coasts near desserts and around the Mediterranean Sea
- mild and wet winters
- hot and dry summers

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Mediterranean agriculture

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Growing hard trees (suck as olive, fruit, nuts etc) and shrubs (grape and vines); and raising sheep and goats

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Tundra climate region (1 subunit)

Hint: Harry stays inside his condo almost every day because he hates the snow

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Extremely cold with a short mild summers (no farming)

Subunit 1: continental climate
- interior continents of northern hemisphere
- distinct seasons with winter and snows

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Ice cap climate region

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Climate region that doesn’t go beyond freezing (arctic and Antarctic)

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Subsistence agriculture

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Where growing food is a matter of survival (growing only enough for family and community)

  • hard labor for crops and livestock
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Commercial agriculture

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Growing crops and livestock for profit to sell to customers

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Bid rent theory

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Explains how land value determines how farmers use the land

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Intensive agriculture

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When farmers use a lot of effort to produce as much yield as possible

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Intensive subsistence agriculture

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Where people put large amounts of human labor to grow high yields on small plots of land to support families and the community

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Intensive commercial agriculture

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Heavy investments in labor and capital which result on high yields for profit

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Monocropping

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Cultivation of one or two crops rotated seasonally

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Monoculture

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Planting one crop or raising one type of animal anually

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Crop rotation

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The varying of crops from year to year

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Plantation agriculture

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Large scale commercial farming of one crop grown for markets far from the plantation

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Market gardening

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Also called the farm to table movement
Benefits: farmers don’t pay for delivery, and food is fresh.

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Mixed crop and livestock system (2 types)

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The cultivation benefits both the crop and livestock for profit

  1. On farming: crops and livestock are on the same farm
  2. between farm: two farmers share resources
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Extensive agriculture

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When farmers put in few inputs and get lower outputs (typically in semi periphery and periphery countries)

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Extensive subsistence agriculture

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A type of agriculture where farmers put few inputs into farming and produce low output of crops (usually for a small population)

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shifting cultivation

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A type of extensive subsistence agriculture that involves growing crops or letting livestock graze in one area, then leaving that area when the land is no longer arable

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Slash and burn

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A type of extensive subsistence agriculture that involves cutting down vegetation in an area, burning it for fertilizer, using the area, and moving when the soil is no longer arable

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Nomadic herding

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Moving to different areas in different seasons to allow the “best” grazing or to prevent overgrazing

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Transhumance
The movement of a herd from higher elevations (summer) to lower elevations (winter)
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Extensive Commercial agriculture
A type of agriculture that involves a low input into an area that results in low outputs for profit
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Ranching
A type of extensive commercial farming practice (usually not practiced close to a population. Includes the raising of cattle Found in semi arid grasslands
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Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO)
Type of intensive commercial practice where farmers on small amounts of land house many animals
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Clustered/ nucleated settlement
A rural settlement pattern where a population lives close together Pro: unity and the sharing of common resources Con: social friction and fields that are too far from home
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Dispersed settlement
A rural settlement pattern where a population lives far away from each other (usually occurs in areas of rough terrain) Pro: independent and self sufficient Con: Lack of social connection, no sharing of resources
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Linear settlement
Type of rural settlement pattern where the population settles in a line along a land feature or transportation route Pro: Access to water and transport Con: field far away from home
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Land surveying
Method used to determine a property’s 3D positional points
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Metes and bounds
Type of rural survey method that originated from Great Britain The boundaries are drawn from clear reference points
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Long-lot survey
Type of rural survey method that originated from France and Spain Where property is divided into long strips to allow equal access to resources
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Townships and range system
Rural survey method that involved creating rectangular land lots
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Domestication
The deliberate effort to grow plants and raising animals. Making animals and animals adapt to demand and hybridize
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Selective breeding
Cultivating plants that make the most seeds. The new plants would also have better yields and nutrition
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Agricultural hearth
Where different groups begin to domesticate plants and animals
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Fertile Cresent
Time period: 7000 BCE First Agricultural hearth located in South Asia (Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran)
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Colombian Exchange
The exchange of goods and ideas between the Americas, Europe, and Africa
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Revolution
Changes that have had far reaching impacts on life, society, and cultures
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First Agricultural Revolution
The shift from foraging to farming
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Second Agricultural Revolution
Era corresponding with the **Industrial Revolution** This industrial revolution led to increased crop yields and a population boom
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Third Agricultural Revolution
The shift from animal power to mechanical and electric power
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GMO
Genetically Modified Organisms Tactic farmers use on plants to build resistance against disease and drought and to give crops more nutritional impact
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Green Revolution
Where new agricultural practices and crop strains were shown to areas with low yields and a high populations
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Organic Farming
Agricultural with natural products and processes
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Climate region
Areas that have similar climate patterns