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agriculture

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the growing of plants or raising of animals, to produce, food for subsistence or for sale at the market place

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what does contemporary agriculture in mire developed region allow farmers to do what

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manipulate the physical conditions to increase the success of crops (such as building irrigation systems)

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what physical factors farmers evaluate in analyzing location of farms

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soil: because different crops require different soil composition
relief: flatter lands often are better for irrigation, also the degree to which the field gets sunlight is also important
climate: different crops require different amount of water and tempurture

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Mediterranean agriculutre

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primarily associated with the region near the Medditeranian Sea and places with climates that have hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters

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tropical climates

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defined by high temperatures all year and high humidity

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intensive farming practices

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You are working intensely / very hard, involves higher amounts of labor / capital(money invested in land) and higher amounts of yields
smaller areas of farmland

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Market gardening

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occurs on small scale usually where the farmer grows fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers, fruits, etc.
intenisve

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mixed crop and livestock systems

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involve a farm that grows crops and raises animals

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Plantation agricultire

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involves large scale farming operations (plantations or agricultural estates), specialize in the farming of one or two high-demand crops for export (usually to MDPs)

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Extensive Agriculture Practices

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involves lower amounts of labor, capital (money invested in land), and crop yield area of farmland often in areas more distant from the market, occurs in areas where the cost of each unit area of farmland is lower.
requires larger amount of land

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Ranching/commercial grazing

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the raising of animals on a plot of land which they graze

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Nomadic Herding

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involves the breeding and herding of animals to produce food, shelter, and clothing for survival

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transhumance

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the movement of animal herds to cooler highland areas in the summer to warmer lowland areas in the winter

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Bid-rent Theory

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explains part of intensive and extensive farming
predicts that the cost of land, including farm land, increases as you get closer to the center of the city

because of the increasing cost of rent as farmers get closer to the city they have less land and use intensive farming
farmlands further from the city’s center is less expensive, allowing farmers to use more extensive farming practices

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what are flat lands good for agriculturally

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flatlands are better for irrigating crops

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what are lowlands with river and streams good for agriculturally

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often linear in shape, villages near gain access to irrigation as well as trading posts

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different survey method are often used for what

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rural land use

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metes and bounds survey methods

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define property (and village/political regions) lines around natural landscacpe features

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surverying

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methods used to to determine property lines

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township and range survey method

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develop to determine longitude and latitude on land. results in property patterns that are rectangular and linear

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long lot survey methods

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found in places settled by the French like Louisiana, and created rural property definitions, that are long and narrow and positioned against a waterway

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In the Southern Asia hearth

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, humans learned how to grow plants through vegetative planting

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Fertile Crescent Hearth

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humans learned vegetative planting and seed agriculture and the domestication of herd animals

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Indus River Valley hearth

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people discovered crop farming and domesticated animals

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Central American Hearth

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people independantly discovered agricultural practices and crops such as squash and maze

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First Agricultural Revolution

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a shift from nomadic lifestyles (hunters and gatherers) to a sedentary lifestyle
in fertile crescent

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the Columbian exchange

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the diffusion of animals, plants, technology, diseases, and aspects of culture and power in areas of the world during the era of Christopher Columbus.

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A negative impact of the Columbian exchange was monoculture, what was it?

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develops when a farm area produces the same crop over and over again with little crop diversity: this makes crops more easily susceptible to infestations

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the green revolution

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The green revolution transformed the world’s production of food,
this revolution created higher yield plants by utilizing GMOs
this on top of advancements made in fertilizers pesticides and herbicides allowed for a boom and food production around the world

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higher yielding

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capabled of producing more food at a paster pace

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what did the green revolution accoplish and do bad

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its global diffusions of higher yielding varaites of wheat, and maize crops

it reduced the need for human labor which cut off peoples jobs

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Subsistence farming is

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when a farmer can grow only enough food to feed their family, and many less developed regions of the world people are subsistence farmers

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what kind of society may heavily depend on subsistence agriculture

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a society with farmers who do not have the tech. needed for commercial farming or their education levels do not allow them to get jobs nonagriculturally

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Commerical Farming

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Commercial farming refers to Farmers who grow food to be sold in groceries and markets not just to be eaten by Farmers themselves

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what kind of society may heavily depend on commercial agriculture

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more developed regions

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agribuissness

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the modern system of food production, which combines all the pieces of food production industry

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commodity chain

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is a process used by companies to gather resources and transform them into a good or commodity and then distribute them to the consumer for sale

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Von Thunen Formulated a Model explaing what? what was this model

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Von thunen made the Von thune model explaining and predicting rural land use, specifically where and why different agricultural activities would take place around the city’s Marketplace

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what did von thunen assume when making the model

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Thunen assumed there’s only one city with one Central Marketplace for all Farmers could sell their products and try to make their most money they can he also assumed that Farmland is all equally farmable and productive.

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talk about the structure of the nmodel and what it means

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the center was the market place: where the crops and products were sold to consumers.

the first ring outside the market we find Dairy farming and Horticulture which is located next to the market because the goods are perishable remember (remember this is before the green revolution so no refrigeration. they also have a higher transportation cost because of the speed needed to get to the market.

The next ring is the forests, lumber is very difficult to transport because it bulky and heavy so Transportation cost if located too far away would be too high so the forest was located in that next ring to allow for it to be able to get quickly to the city and reduce those costs

Field crops and grain is the third ring, these crops are lightweight they don’t perish and are easy to transport this makes them cheaper to transport so they don’t need to be close to the market these crops also require more land so by locating them further from the market we can reduce our costs since land is cheaper

the last ring is livestock and ranching it’s located here because of the amount of land needed in order for the livestock to graze it would be difficult to acquire so much land near the market due to the cost of the land

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what could von thunen not predict; why doesnt this model fiully work in life today

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Thunen could not have predictedThat in the future large corporations could own land, processing centers, transportation companies, and etc. because of this committee chain Transportation costs can vary among different businesses even if the distance is the same

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How does relationships between affect food distribution networks

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the more positive a relationship between two countries the more likely they will develop positive trade relationships and more interconnected food distribution Networks.

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desertification

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negative consequence of humans overuse of earth, the loss habitable land due to the expansion of deserts

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land cover

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the physical characteristic of a lands surface

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soil saliniztion

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the buildup of salt and oil that leads to land degradation and decreases soil fertility overtime

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shifting cultiviation

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subsistence farmers rotate the fields they cultivate (farm) in order to allow the soil to replenish its nutrients, (not farming on same plot over and over)

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crop rotation

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farmer change their crops type in order to keep soil healthy

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a common way for farmers to prepare a new plot of land it through slash and burn agriculture what is that

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a form of subsistence agriculture where the land is cleared by cutting the existing plants on the land and then burning the rest to create a clear plt

using a large amount of land to farm food for the farmer’s family to eat

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deforestation

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a loss of forested areas, cause by humans chopping down forest area at rates so fast they cannot regenerate

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terrace farming

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built in the sides of hills, like steps on the side of mountain and hill, rains water runs down the steps and irrigates the crops

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IRRIGATIONS

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systems that bring water to plants, or one place to another

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Draining wetlands

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destroys ecosystems allowing more pollution to get into our bodies of water

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Genetic Modification

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Genetic modification is a form of biotechnology that uses scientific genetic manipulation of crops and animals products to improve agricultural productivity and products, creating genetically modified organisms GMOS

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aquaculture

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havesting of fish, aquatic plants, and shellfish through breeding and raising on water baised farms

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Community supported agriculture

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where local farmers grow crops directly for their consumer base this allows local farmers to farm with security that they will be able to sell their local crops and allow customers to have fresh food

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organic farming

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rejects GMO farming in farms organically
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gender gap

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men typically are listed as producing higher levels of farm output than women

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describe womens roles in LDCS

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less developed countries traditionally have more women in the field of Agriculture they’re more likely to have traditional gender roles that have been formed throughout history

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periphery country

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LDC

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second agricultural revolution

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Great Brittian then diffused to world
more people moved from rural to urban locations in hopes for economic oppurtunies in newly formed factories
allowed for a population boom to happen
innovation from industiral revoultion in this

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