unit 5r vocbha Flashcards
Intensive agriculture
requires large amounts of labor and capital, Use small plot of land,
plantation argiculture
labor intensive agricultural system that exploits cheap labor in former colonies.
mixed crop and livestock
labor intensive system where farmers grow crops to fatten livestock for slaughter
market gardening
farms that specialize in fresh fruits and vegetables that are transported to markets
shifting cultivation
farmers in the tropics control a large area and clear only part of it at a time to farm
nomadic herding
nomadic herders graze cattle, sheep, goats, and more in arid and semi arid climates. move animals from pasture to pasture
Ranching
ranchers own large areas for grazing cattle and sheep to sell in markets
clustered settlement
Is a group of settled peopl that are of close proximity. and create a sence of community and shared reasourses
dispersed settlement
when the settlements are dispered. connection toward your reasouces or farmlanf
linear settlement
when the settlement setle on a line
metes and boundrys
the boundaries of a parcel of real estate that identified by its natural landmarks.