unit 5 Flashcards
physical environment
large effector on agriculture
climate-precipitation, temperature
space/landforms-arable/non-arable
soil/nutrients
tropical and subtropical
Shifting Cultivation
Plantation
Characteristics:
○ High temperatures,
○ abundant rainfall,
○ humidity,
○ high amounts of
vegetation
dry lands/desert
● Pastoral Nomadism
● Livestock Ranching
● Characteristics:
○ High temperatures,
○ Little rainfall,
○ Mountainous,
○ Little vegetation
temperate
● Mixed Crop & Livestock
● Commercial Grain Farming
● Commercial (Market) Gardening
● Dairy
● Mediterranean
● Characteristics:
○ Seasonal changes between
summers and winters,
○ Moderate temperatures,
○ Moderate rainfall
environmental possibilism
The physical environment can impact the ways in which human society develops, however humans can utilize technology in order to combat natural limitations.
What factors impact the type of
agriculture grown around the
world?
the physical environment
metes and bounds
▫ Great Britain to N. America
▫ Utilization of landmarks and
physical features to establish
boundary lines.
▫ Results in irregular shaped plots
of land.
long lot
▫ France & Spain to N. America
▫ Long strips of land that start at a
river or lake with the intention of
providing all landowners with equal
access to the resources (soil &
water) and transportation.
township and range
▫ Pioneered by Thomas Jefferson
▫ Rectangles and grid system.
▫ Each township is 6 miles x 6 miles
▫ Keep track of land sales and
purchases, utilize a uniform survey
method.
clustered
Throughout European
history, rural residents lived in groups
of homes in close proximity to one
another.
▫ Farmland and pasture surround
the settlement
▫ Share resources & community
▫ Have to walk to farmland
▫ Metes and Bounds Survey
Methods
dispersed
Major characteristic is that
settlements are isolated and dispersed over
the land area.
▫ US government promoted westward
expansion by giving farmers land
(usually 160 acres) if they agreed to live
and farm on it.
linear
Settlement is organized along
a LINE - typically associated with
transportation system or physical
feature like a river or coast.
▫ Long Lot Survey Methods
hearth
The geographic origin of a trait, characteristic, innovation or other
concept. Remember, it is where something is “born.”
domestication
The deliberate effort to
grow plants and raise animals, making
plants and animals adapt to human
demands.
agricultural hearths
The separate
locations in which groups of people
began to domesticate plants and animals.
