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Chapter 10 Key Issue 2 Flashcards

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Where is shifting cultivation practiced?

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South America, Central & West Africa, Southeast Asia

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What climate is shifting cultivation practiced in?

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Humid low-latitude climate regions.

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How do farmers clear land in shifting cultivation?

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They slash vegetation and burn the debris

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In shifting cultivation farmers grow crops on a cleared field for a few years until soil _____ are depleted and then leave the field ______ for many years so the soil can recover.

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Nutrients

Fallow

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Farmers in shifting cultivation generally live in _____ _______ and grow food on surrounding land that the _______ own.

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Small villages

Villages

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What is swidden?

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The cleared area of land in shifting cultivation.

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What is the predominant crop in shifting cultivation in Southeast Asia?

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Rice

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What are the predominant crops of shifting cultivation in South America?

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Corn and cassava

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What are the predominant crops of shifting cultivation in Africa?

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Millet and sorghum

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Traditionally, land was owned by a village as a whole in _____ ______.

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Shifting cultivation

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The chief traditionally gave a certain amount of _______ to each family in shifting cultivation.

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Land

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________ ___________ occupies 1/4 of the world land area

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Shifting cultivation

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LDCs think that ____ ______ is inefficient to feed growing communities.

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Shifting cultivation

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_____ ________ is based on the herding of domesticated animals.

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Pastoral nomadism

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Pastoral nomadism is a form of _________ agriculture.

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Subsistence

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Shifting cultivation is a form of ________ agriculture.

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Subsistence

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Pastoral nomads live primarily in the large belt of ____ and ________ land.

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Arid

Semiarid

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Where is the belt of arid and semiarid land?

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Central Asia, Southwest Asia, and North Africa

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Pastoral nomads occupy __% of Earths land area.

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Pastoral nomads depend primarily on _______ for survival.

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Animals

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Pastoral nomads consume mostly _____.

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Grain

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Pastoral nomads obtain grain from __________ farmers in exchange for ______ ________.

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Subsistence

Animal products

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Nomads sometimes hire workers to practice ________ agriculture.

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Sedentary

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_____ is the most desired animal by pastoral nomads in North Africa and southwest Asia.

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Camel

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____ and ______ are also important to pastoral nomads in North Africa and southwest Asia

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Sheep

Goats

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____ is considered important to pastoral nomads in Central Asia.

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Horse

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Pastoral nomads have a strong sense of _______.

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Territoriality

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Some pastoral nomads practice ____________~ seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pasture areas.

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Transhumance

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Governments have tried to ________ nomads because they want their ____.

A

Resettle

Land

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Intensive subsistence agriculture is a type of _______ agriculture

A

Subsistence

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_______ ________ agriculture feeds most people in MDCs.

A

Intensive subsistence.

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Intensive subsistence agriculture is practiced mainly where?

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East, south, and Southeast Asia.

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Most work in subsistence agriculture is done by ____ or with _______.

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Hand

Animals

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Intensive subsistence agriculture is either ___ ____ dominant or not ___ ____ dominant.

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Wet rice

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______ _______ agriculture with ___ ____ occupies a small part of Asia’s agricultural land but is the regions most important source of food.

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Intensive subsistence

Wet rice

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Intensive subsistence with wet rice is dominant where?

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Southeast china, east India, and Southeast Asia.

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What is a sawah?

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Flooded field for wet rice

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What is chaff?

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Husks of rice

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What is threshing?

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Trampling grains to remove husks from seeds.

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What is winnow?

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Lighter chaff blown away by wind.

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What is a hull?

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Outer covering of rice

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Wet rice is most easily grown on ____ _____.

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Flat land

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Why do some farmers practice intensive subsistence wet rice not dominant?

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The climate prevents farmers from growing wet rice.

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Where is intensive subsistence with wet rice not dominant practiced?

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Interior India and northeast china

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What is the most important crop in intensive subsistence wet rice not dominant?

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Wheat

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Plantation farming is a type of _______ agriculture.

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Subsistence

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Where is plantation farming practiced?

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Latin America, Africa and Asia

47
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Who are plantations mainly owned by?

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Europeans and North Americans

48
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Where are crops in plantations sold to?

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MDCs

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What is a plantation?

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A large farm that specializes in one or two crops.

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Plantations are usually situated in _____ _______ locations.

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Sparsely settled

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