5.1-5.4

Question 1

the process by which humans alter the landscape in order to raise crops and livestock for consumption and trade

Answer 1

Agriculture

Question 2

the long term weather patterns in a region

Answer 2

Climate

Question 2

a type of agriculture when the primary goal is to grow/raise enough food and livestock to meet the immediate needs of farmers and families

Answer 2

Subsistence agriculture

Question 2

a type of agriculture when the goal is to raise enough crops and livestock to sell for profit

Answer 2

Commercial agriculture

Question 2

a type of agriculture in which farmers/ranchers use large amounts of inputs(energy,labor,machines,fertilizer) to maximize yeilds

Answer 2

Intensive agriculture

Question 2

a type of agriculture in which they use fewer amounts of inputs and typically result in less yields

Answer 2

Extensive agriculture

Question 3

a type of agriculture in which they use heavy investments in labor and capital, which results in high yields and profit

Answer 3

Intensive commercial agriculture

Question 4

a type of intensive agriculture that is labor and animal intensive

Answer 4

Intensive subsistence agriculture

Question 4

a type of agriculture where few inputs are used, that is often used in climate extremes

Answer 4

Extensive subsistent agriculture

Question 4

a type of extensive agriculture where theres a low input of resources with a goal of selling for profit

Answer 4

Extensive commercial agriculture

Question 4

the money invested in land,equipment, and machines

Answer 4

Capital

Question 5

a type of subsidence agriculture that is practiced in arid and semi-arid climates

Answer 5

Pastoral nomadism

Question 5

a type of subsistent extensive farming where farmers grow crops on a piece of land for a year or two then move to a new land

Answer 5

Shifting cultivation

Question 5

a large commercial farm that specializes in one crop

Answer 5

Plantation

Question 6

an intensive commercial integrated system that demonstrates independence between crops and animals

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Mixed crop and livestock farming

Question 6

a type of farming where wheat is produced in dry regions like prairies and plains

Answer 6

Grain farming

Question 6

a type of intensive farming where fruits and vegetables are grown

Answer 6

Commercial gardening

Question 7

when fruits and vegetables are grown near an urban market and sold to local suppliers stores, and restaurants

Answer 7

Market gardening

Question 8

a type of farming that originally was local to small geographic area, now its different due to refrigeration and transportation

Answer 8

Dairy farming

Question 9

the geographic distance that milk is delivered

Answer 9

Milk shed

Question 9

a type of farming practiced in regions with hot dry summers,mild winters, and narrow valleys with some irrigation

Answer 9

Mediterranean agriculture

Question 10

the seasonal herding of animals from higher elevations in summer and lower elevations in the winter

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Transhumance

Question 10

commercial grazing of animals confined to a specific area

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Livestock ranching

Question 10

groups of homes located near each other in a village with a strong sense of place and services

Answer 10

Clustered settlements

Question 11

groups of homes located near each other in a village with a strong sense of place and services

Answer 11

Nucleated settlements

Question 12

patterns in which farmers lived in homes spread throughout the countryside

Answer 12

Dispersed settlements

Question 13

patterns in which buildings and human activities are organized close to a body of water or along transportation routes

Answer 13

Linear settlements

Question 14

a way of describing plot boundaries

Answer 14

Metes and bounds

Question 15

surveys that create rectangular plots of consistent size

Answer 15

Public land survey system

Question 16

surveys that create rectangular plots of consistent size

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Township and range system

Question 16

areas six miles long and six miles wide

Answer 16

Township

Question 17

each square mile of a township that consists of 640 acres

Answer 17

Section

Question 18

an area where farms were long, thin, sections of land that ran perpendicular to rivers
ex.Quebec, and Louisiana

Answer 18

French long-lot system

Question 19

the origin of farming when plants and animals were domesticated, the main type of farming was subsistence

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First(neolithic) agriculture revolution

Question 20

when dogs and horses were used for protection, work, and transportation

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Animal domestication

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when people first started using parts of stems or roots of existing plants to grow others

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Plant domestication

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Fertile crescent

Question 22

when crops and animals were domesticated in multiple regions with seemingly no interaction among the people

Answer 22

Independent innovation

Question 23

the global movement of plants and animals between afro-eurasia and the americas

Answer 23

Colombian exchange

Question 24

during this time food supply grew as well as the population, mechanized and improved knowledge of fertilizers helped this

Answer 24

Second agriculture revolution

Question 25

a series of laws enacted by the british government that enable land owners to purchase and enclose land for their own use

Answer 25

Enclosure acts

Question 26

the technique of planting different crops in a specific sequence on the same plot of land in order to restore nutrients back into the soil

Answer 26

Crop rotation

Question 27

the process of applying controlled amounts of water to crops using canals,pipes,sprinklers,systems, or other human made devices rather than relying on rainfall

Answer 27

Irrigation