Agriculture Chapter 20/21 Flashcards

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Who helped out with Famine in Ethiopia in 1984? How?

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Bob Geldof! Live Aid Concerts!

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1984 Ethiopian problem

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Famine

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Name the extreme form of hunger in which the body consumes its own tissue

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Starvation!

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What do you call damage by an imbalance in diet?

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Malnutrition

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The increased use of Technology in farming, mining or factory work.

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Industrialization.

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Name the device from 1900, which separated Grain from

Chaff

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Threshing Machine

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What are patterns in Weather called?

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Climate

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Name the outcome of the Green Revolution.

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HYV!

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Term for the “Elevation of land.”

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Topography

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Farming to feed your family

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Subsistence farming

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Farming to sell your crops or animals to the open market is called ….

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Cash Cropping

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Farming with less land, labour and capital on a smaller plot of land is known as …..

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Intensive Farming

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Farming on large vast amounts of land with little capital costs or labour or specialized equipment is called ……

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Extensive Agriculture

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Another name for Transgenic organisms

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GMO

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The GMO called “Golden Rice” was altered to be higher in what two things, both of which aid the body’s development.

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Vitamin A and Iron!

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15
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In the 1950’s Canadians spent 25% today we spend only _____% of our income on food.

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11% (p. 285)

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The Ogallalla Aquifer is currently being used up ______ times more quickly than it can replenish itself naturally.

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Keeping the best of our animals and crops for reproduction is known as what?

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Selective Breeding

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Another term for Transgenic Organisms

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What is the term for farms being run like businesses by investors looking for returns on their investments?

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Agribusiness

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The 1880’s saw about 80% of Canadians farming, What per cent are farmers today?

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Another name for conservation tillage, tilling the soil as little as possible, leaving stubble on the field to over-winter.

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Zero Tillage or No-Till Cropping

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Plowing at 90 degree angles to the slope of the land to avoid water erosion is called what?

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Contour Plowing

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A harmful collection of chemical compounds from smokestacks which do not break down easily in the soil, or in a human body are called what?

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Heavy Metals! (like mercury)

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Name the practice of leaving farmland without a crop for a growing season to help build up the nutrients in that soil.
Summer Fallowing
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A chemical compound designed to feed plants and increase plant growth.
Fertilizer
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A chemical compound designed to kill off weeds, which compete with crops for sunlight and nutrients is called what?
Herbicide
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A chemical compound designed to kill off harmful insects, which may impede a plant's growth.
Insecticide
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Agricultural production that can be maintained without damage to the ground or environment is known as this.
Sustainable Agriculture
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How much more land does a "Drylander" need as compared to an irrigating farmer, to earn a similar income level?
4 times
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Name 2 of the 3 types of Irrigation.
Drip Flood Central Pivot
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How many products are available in the average North American Supermarket?
47,000
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Eating ............. on the food chain could result in a surplus of food stores.
Lower