Unit 6 - Agricultural Geography Flashcards
(41 cards)
According to Rubenstein (2002), agriculture is the….
“Deliberate modification of Earth’s surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain.”
______ is one of the first things humans learned to do.
Agriculture
The plants they cultivated are called _____.
crops
The lands that are not good for planting are used for ______
livestock grazing
The lands that are not good for planting are used for livestock grazing; this practice is called _______.
ranching
_______ a form of pastoralism in which livestock are herded in order to seek for fresh pastures on which to graze.
Pastoral Nomadism/Nomadic Pastoralism
A human living in a society in which most or all food is obtained by foraging (collecting wild plants and pursuing wild animals) is known as ______
Hunters and Gatherers
A human living in a society in which most or all food is obtained by foraging (collecting wild plants and pursuing wild animals) is known as ______
Hunters and Gatherers
An agricultural system in which person uses a piece of land, only to abandon or alter the initial use a short time later. This system often involves clearing of a piece of land followed by several years of wood harvesting or farming until the soil loses fertility is called ______
Shifting Cultivation
The great increase in production of food grains that resulted in large part from the introduction into developing countries of new, high-yielding varieties, beginning in the mid-20th century is known as _____
The Green Revolution
The _______ were the first people to walk the earth and benefit from their natural resources.
hunters and gatherers
At present, there are only about 250,000 people who follow this way of life, and they can be found in ________
Australia, Africa, South America, and the Arctic.
Two Basic Cultivation Techniques
Vegetative Planting
Seed Agriculture
This basic cultivation technique is done by cutting off stems from existing plants and replanting them.
Vegetative Planting
This basic cultivation technique is still used in modern-day farming. This when you plant seeds and help them grow.
Seed Agriculture
______ is farming mainly to provide food for their families instead of selling their products.
Subsistence Agriculture
Subsistence Agriculture is mostly and still practiced in _____
LDCs
The Four Subsistence Farming Methods are:
Shifting Cultivation
Pastoral Nomadism
Intensive Subsistence with Wet Rice Dominant
Intensive Subsistence with Wet Rice Not Dominant
This method is done in low latitudes, and it is very different from how farming is done in MDCs. The farmers will first clear off all plant life and rubbish and then bum it. This method clears the land while adding nutrients to the soil.
Shifting Cultivation/Slash-And-Burn Agriculture
This method is done in low latitudes, and it is very different from how farming is done in MDCs. The farmers will first clear off all plant life and rubbish and then bum it. This method clears the land while adding nutrients to the soil.
Shifting Cultivation/Slash-And-Burn Agriculture
In this method, the animals are domesticated, unlike the herds that the hunters and gatherers follow.
Pastoral Nomadism
Usually, _______raise sheep or some other domesticated animals they use for food since they do little hunting or gathering.
pastoral nomads
This method means that wet rice is the product, which is mostly done is the Southeastern regions of Asia.
Intensive Subsistence with Wet Rice Dominant
This method is where wet rice is not dominant and produces mainly barley and wheat. This is mostly done in the interior of India and northeast China.
Intensive Subsistence with Wet Rice Not Dominant
