Terms Flashcards
1
Q
Normadic herding
A
Usually occurs in LEDCs where grazers move their livestock following water and food sources
2
Q
Shifting cultivation
A
Land is cleared of vegetation (deforested), used and abandoned (fallowed)
3
Q
Subsistence farming
A
A type of farming which only produces enough for household needs (farming for family only)
4
Q
Intensive farming
A
High yield of crops per square km - occurs in wet areas usually
5
Q
Extensive farming
A
Low yield of crops per square km - occurs in dry areas usually
6
Q
Comerical farming
A
Farming done for commercial purposes
7
Q
Specialty crops
A
Crops that are intensely cultivated such as fruit and vegetables
8
Q
Forestry
A
Timber is grown and harvested, fish is grown and harvested and crops are harvested.
