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Chapter 5 Flashcards

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Yield

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The amount of agricultural production harvested per unit of land

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Environmental possibilism

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The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives.

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Environmental determinism

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The theory that the environment determines, plays a decisive role, or causes social and cultural development.

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Intensive Farming types

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Market Gardening, Plantation, Mixed Crop/ livestock

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Extensive Farming types

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Shifting Cultivation, Nomadic, Ranching

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Intensive Farming

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Practices that often require less land, but require more capital and labor, and are traditionally located closer to larger population centers

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Extensive Farming

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Practices that tend to use less labor and capital but require more land for the production of food

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Cash Crops

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An agricultural crop that is purposely made strictly to be sold in a market environment for as much money as possible.

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Fallow

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Arable land that has been set aside for a period of time to allow for nutrients to return to the soil

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Von Thunen’s Model

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Created before industrialization and is based on the following limiting assumptions: The city is located centrally within an “Isolated State” which is self sufficient and has no external influences. The Isolated State is surrounded by an unoccupied wilderness.

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GMO

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An organism whose genome has been altered to promote specific traits that allow for increased production in livestock production or crop farming

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Clustered

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A settlement that has very little space between buildings

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Disperesed

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A settlement that is not clustered together and has space between the different buildings

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Linear

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An arrangement of objects, buildings, or practice in a line

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Long Lot

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A narrow parcel of land that traditionally connects to a waterway

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Metes and Bounds

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A boundary that is based on landmarks in a geographic area to create the boundary

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Township and Range

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A survey method that creates a grid pattern by creating rectangular parcels of land

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Columbian Exchange

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The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and New World

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Silk Road

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A network of trade routes that connected China and the Mediterranean from roughly around 130BC to 1450BC

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Agriculture

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The deliberate modification of the Earths surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain

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Neolithic Revolution

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Also known as the first agricultural revolution this is a time period in which humans shifted from hunters and gatherers to sedentary agricultural practices

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Enclosure Movement

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A movement in England which took agricultural land that was publicly owned by the community and privatized it

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Commercial Agriculture

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Where farmers are focused on one specific crop to sell for profit

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Subsistence Agriculture

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Where farmers focus on raising food they need to live

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Plant Demestication

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The growing of cops that people planted, raised, and harvested

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Animal Domestication

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Raising and caring animals by humans for protection or food

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Terrace Farming

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Where farmers build a series of steps into the side of a hill

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Irrigation

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The process of diverting water from its natural course or location to aid the production of crops

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Carrying Capacity

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The number of crops or people that the area can support

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Swidden

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An area of land cleared for cultivation by slashing and burning vegetation.

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Deforestation

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The action of clearing a wide area of trees.

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Deserfication

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The transition of land from fertile to dessert

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Second Agricultural Revolution

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1700s used the advances of the industrial revolution to increase food supplies and support population growth

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Barbed Wire

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Provided inexpensive fencing to keep livestock in grazing areas

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Third Agricultural Revolution

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1960s the green revolution where companies controlled the development, planting, processing, and selling of food products to the consumer

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Township

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Areas six miles long and six miles wide that the government organized

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Section

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Square Miles of townships

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Isotropic

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Flat and Featureless

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Horticulture

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The growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers

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Market Gardening/ Truck Farming

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Commercial gardening and fruit farming

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Bid Rent Curve / Bid Price Curve

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Refers to how the price and demand for real estate change as the distance from the central business district (CBD) increases

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Comparative Advantage

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Naturally occurring beneficial conditions that would prompt farmers to plant crops

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Greenbelt

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An area of recreational parts or other undeveloped land

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Organic Food

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Food produced without pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, or other unnatural processes

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Aquaculture

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The process of raising and harvesting fish and other forms of food that live in water

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Blue Revolution

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How aquaculture is the fastest growing form of food production on the planet

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Monoculture/ Monocropping

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Specializing in one crop

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Biodiversity

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The variety of plants, animals, and microorganisms that are used directly or indirectly for good and agriculture.

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Overgrazing

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Excessive grazing on an area to the point of permanent damage to the vegetation and topography.

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Fair Trade

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A concept used in developing countries to help create sustainability

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Pastoral Nomadism/ Migratory Husbandry

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people travel from place to place with herds of domesticated animals

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Economies of Scales

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The reduction in the per unit cost of production as the volume of production increases

AP Human Geography (4 decks)

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