Chapter 8: Agriculture Flashcards by Hannah S | Brainscape

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Primary economic activities

A

raw materials oriented

farms or mines

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Secondary economic activities

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processing raw materials into final products

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Tertiary activities

A

service sector

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Quaternary activities

A

information

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Potatoes hearth region

A

Andes Mountains
South America hearth
3000 to 4000 varieties

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Coffee hearth region

A

Ethiopia

Africa hearth

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Maize

A

Mexico

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Subsistence agriculture

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for household consumption

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Commercial agriculture

A

for sale

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Shifting cultivation agriculture

A

slash and burn

releases nutrients back into soil

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Pastoral nomadism

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walking cattle to different pastures year round

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Intensive subsistence agriculture

Plantation agriculture

A

high population densities

single crop, low wage labor,

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Von Thünen Model

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different crops have different transport costs

house to veggies/dairy to grains to cattle

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Locavore movement

A

organic agriculture with farmers markets

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What is happening to areas where farms are closing?

A

churches and schools are closing

farming is becoming more centralized

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