Unit 5

Question 1

Agriculture

Answer 1

practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock

Question 2

Subsistence Agriculture

Answer 2

farming or a system of farming that provides all or almost all the goods required by the farm family usually without any significant surplus for sale

Question 3

Commercial Agriculture

Answer 3

farming that focuses on producing agricultural products for sale in the market rather than solely for subsistence purposes

Question 4

Bid-Rent Theory

Answer 4

refers to how the price and demand for real estate change as the distance from the CBD increases

Question 5

Intensive Agriculture

Answer 5

both of crop plants and of animals, with higher levels of input and output per unit of agricultural land area.

Question 6

Monoculture

Answer 6

cultivation of one crop

Question 7

Plantation Agriculture

Answer 7

Human cultivation of plants and animals grown on a large area of land

Question 8

Extensive Agriculture

Answer 8

Little input on big amount of land

Question 9

Domestication

Answer 9

The Cultivation of crops

Question 10

GMOs

Answer 10

Genetically modified organisms, organisms modified by science and chemicals.

Question 11

Infrastructure

Answer 11

the physical and economic structures that build a city, nation, and economy

Question 12

Dual Agricultural Economy

Answer 12

An economy that uses move substinence and commercial agriculture

Question 13

Agribusiness

Answer 13

industries in agriculture that supply, process, distribute, and support the products of agriculture

Question 14

Vertical Integration

Answer 14

When a company owns multiple stages of a process

Question 15

Tariffs

Answer 15

A tax on imported and exported goods

Question 16

Cash Crop

Answer 16

A major crop that is grown for selling instead of individual consumption

Question 17

Agricultural Landscapes

Question 18

Deforestation

Answer 18

The mass cutting and chopping down of forest and trees

Question 19

Reservoirs

Answer 19

A supply or source

Question 20

Aquifers

Answer 20

Sediment that holds ground water

Question 21

Salinization

Answer 21

The process where water becomes salty

Question 22

Debt-For-Nature Swap

Answer 22

A transaction where a country’s debt is paid for through local investments in the ecosystem

Question 23

Biotechnology

Answer 23

Use of biology to improve health and society

Question 24

Precision Agriculture

Answer 24

Uses tech to make agriculture more efficient

Question 25

Food Insecurity

Answer 25

Not having reliable food source or healthy food in reach

Question 26

Economy of Scale

Answer 26

The bigger the production and company, the more sales and profit

Question 27

mixed crop and livestock systems

Answer 27

An agricultural system that cultivates both cattle and crops

Question 28

First Agricultural Revolution

Answer 28

around 12000 years ago, where crop cultivation became more popular and permanent settlements were made

Question 29

Second Agricultural Revolution

Answer 29

Began in 18th century Great Britain, Increased agricultural yields and profits

Question 30

Third (Green) Agricultural Revolution

Answer 30

The current agricultural revolution uses GMOs and technology to increase farm yields

Question 31

fair trade

Answer 31

designed to support smaller farms and famers in developing countries

Question 32

market gardening

Answer 32

Production of vegetables, fruits, and other plants in a large scaled manner

Question 33

transhumance

Answer 33

Moving livestock between grazing areas seasonally