Unit 5 - Agriculture

Question 1

Desertification

Answer 1

A form of land degradation that occurs when soil deteriorates to a desert-like conditions.

Question 2

Biodiversty

Answer 2

The variety of organisms living in a location — and reduce plant cover.

Question 3

Agribusiness

Answer 3

The large-scale system that includes the
production, processing, and distribution of
agricultural products and equipment.

Question 4

Boserup hypothesis

Answer 4

That food supply was directly affected by the
population size.

Question 5

Carl Sauer

Answer 5

Sauer argued that all regions of the Earth
were impacted by human behavior and had
been altered by human interaction, he also
believed that cultural landscapes were the
most important branch of geographic inquiry.

Question 6

Dairying

Answer 6

An agricultural activity involving the raising of
livestock, most commonly cows and goats,
for dairy products such as milk, cheese, and
butter.

Question 7

Fallow

Answer 7

Plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a
period in order to restore its fertility as part
of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus
production.

Question 8

Feedlot

Answer 8

Places where livestock are concentrated in at
very small area and raised on hormones and
hearty grains that prepare them for slaughter
a much more rapid rate than grazing.

Question 9

Green Revolution

Answer 9

Movement beginning in the 1950s and 1960s
In which scientists used knowledge of
genetics to develop new high-yield strains of
Grain crop.

Question 10

Horticulture

Answer 10

The branch of plant agriculture dealing with
garden crops, generally fruits, vegetables,
and ornamental plants.

Question 11

Intertillage

Answer 11

Intertillage means tilling the soil between the
rows of a crop already planted in the soil.

Question 12

Luxury crops

Answer 12

A “luxury crop” is a crop that is grown to for
serve some purpose other than sustaining
human life. All of these crops are consumed
reasons other than nutrition and so are
called “luxury crops.”

Question 13

Market Gardening

Answer 13

A type of farming that produces fruits,
vegetables, and flowers and typically serves a
specific market or urban area.

Question 14

Mediterranean agriculture

Answer 14

An agricultural practice that consists of
growing hardy trees and shrubs and raising
sheeps and goats.

Question 15

Neolithic Revolution

Answer 15

The Neolithic Revolution was when seed and
root crops were first cultivated by humans
and occurred at roughly 10,000 B.C.E.

Question 16

Milkshed

Answer 16

An area surrounding the milk source (dairy
farm) where milk is supplied without spoiling

Question 17

Pastoral Nomadism

Answer 17

A way of life of peoples who do not live continually in the same place but move cyclically or periodically. Pastoral nomads, who depend on domesticated livestock, migrate in an established territory to find pasturage for their animals.

Question 18

Ridge-tilling

Answer 18

A form of conservation tillage where the
farmers build ridges or raised beds.
Completed on the ridge and usually involves
the removal of the top of the ridge.

Question 19

Swidden

Answer 19

A patch of land cleared for planting through
slashing and burning.

Question 20

Subsidy

Answer 20

A government payment that supports a
business or market.

Question 21

Truck Farm

Answer 21

A type of commercial agriculture where small
fruits, vegetables, and flowers are grown on a
plot of land and then sold directly to
consumers.

Question 22

Vertical integration

Answer 22

The combining of a company’s ownership of
And control over more than one stage of the
production process of goods.

Question 23

Slash-and-burn

Answer 23

Burning a portion of forest so that the soil
there can be used for agricultural purposes;
land for a short time, possibly a few years,
and then moves on to a new area, which is
burned for agricultural use.

Question 24

Aquaculture

Answer 24

This is a type of fish farming in which has less
space taken up and care intensive than other
types of agriculture and represents one of
the fastest growing food production sectors
of the world.

Question 25

Commodity chain

Answer 25

A network of people, information, processes,
and resources that work together to produce,
handle, and distribute a commodity or
product.

Question 26

Intensive subsistence agriculture

Answer 26

A form of subsistence agriculture in which
farmers expend a relatively large amount of
effort to produce the maximum yield from a
piece of land.

Question 27

Food Insecurity

Answer 27

The disruption of a household’s food intake or eating patterns because of poor access to food; typically caused by lack of money or other resources.

Question 28

Food Security

Answer 28

reliable access to safe, nutritious food that can support a healthy and active lifestyle.