Locality Flashcards
What is GEOGRAPHY?
The study of physical features of earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it is affects and is affected
What is ENVIRONMENT?
The surroundings or conditions a person, animal, plant lives or operates
What is ADAPTATION?
The action or progress of adapting or being adapted
What is FOOD MILES?
Mile in which food item is transported from producer to customer, as a unit of measurement of the fuel used to do so
What is the COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE?
Wide spread transfer of animals, plants, culture, human populations, diseases, technology, and ideas between American and Afro-Eurasain hemisphere
What is a FOOD DESERT?
An urban area where it is difficult to buy affordable or good-quality fresh food
What is FOOD MIGRATION?
Bringing food from one origin place to another
what is GLOBALIZATION?
Businesses, technology, or philosophies to spread throughout the world
What is REGION/REGIONALITY?
Area or division, of a country having definable characteristics
what is SEASONALITY?
Any predictable change or pattern in a time that recurs or repeats over a one year period
What is TERROIR?
Natural environment in which wine is produced including factors such as soil, topography, and climate
