Unit 5 - 1 Flashcards
The process by which humans alter the landscape in order to raise, livestock and crops for consumption and trade
Agriculture
Long-term weather patterns in a region
Climate
Main goal is to grow enough food/livestock to meet the immediate needs of the farmer and their family
Subsistence agriculture
Primary goal is to grow enough crops/livestock to sell for profit
Commercial agriculture
Farmers use large amount of inputs to maximize yields
Intensive
Few inputs to get less yields
Extensive
Money invested in land equipment and machines
Capital
Subsistence, extensive agriculture practiced in arid and semiarid climate
Pastoral nomadism
Farmers grow crops on a piece of land for a year or two, and when the soil loses fertility, they move to another field
Shifting cultivation
A large commercial farm that specializes in one crop
Plantation
Intensive commercial integrated system that demonstrates an interdependence between crops and animals
Mixed crops and livestock farming
In regions to drive for mixed crop agriculture, farmers often raise wheat
Grain farming
Typical fruits and vegetables grown in the United States, include lettuce, broccoli, apples, oranges, and tomatoes. Typically found in California, Arizona, and states of the southeast.
Commercial gardening
Dairies were local farms that supplied products to customers in a small geographic area
Dairy farming
The geographic distance that milk is delivered
Milkshed
Practiced in regions with hot dry summers, mild winters, narrow valleys, and often some irrigation
Mediterranean agriculture
The seasonal hurting of animals from higher elevations in the summer to lower elevations and valleys in the winter
Transhumance
Commercial grazing of animals confined to a specific space
Livestock ranching