Unit 5

Question 1

Wetland destruction

Answer 1

Destruction of wetland animal habitats

Question 2

Domestication

Answer 2

Cultivation of plant for food

Taming of animals

Question 3

Linear settlements

Answer 3

Group of buildings in a line

Question 4

Agribusiness

Answer 4

Business that earns all of its revenue from agriculture

Question 5

Aquifer depletion

Answer 5

Groundwater use before its replenished

Question 6

Economies of scale

Answer 6

Proportional saving in costs from an increased production level

Question 7

Deforestation

Answer 7

Clearing a wide area of trees

Question 8

GMOs

Answer 8

An organism that has been altered through genetic engineering

Question 9

Soil degradation

Answer 9

Decline in soil conditions from improper agriculture

Question 10

Value added specialty crops

Answer 10

Change in original form of crop to add value

Question 11

Clustered settlements

Answer 11

Farm houses sit close together

Question 12

Rural vs Urban

Answer 12

Urban= cities 
Rural= country towns

Question 13

Organic farming

Answer 13

Production of agricultural products without chemicals or artificial substances

Question 14

Biodiversity

Answer 14

Variety in organisms

Question 15

Fair trade

Answer 15

Fair trade between MDC companies and LDC producers

Question 16

Conservation efforts

Answer 16

Conserving and protecting of environment

Question 17

Overgrazing

Answer 17

Excessive grazing causing damage to grassland

Question 18

Buy local

Answer 18

Locally produced goods

Question 19

Mixed crop/livestock

Answer 19

Farmers grow crops for livestock consumption

Question 20

Horticulture

Answer 20

Growing of edible fruit vegetables and flowers

Question 21

Von thunen

Answer 21

German farmer who created a model for rural land use

Question 22

Desertification

Answer 22

Degradation of land from excessive agriculture

Question 23

Green revolution

Answer 23

1970s use of higher yield seeds and expanded fertilizer use

Question 24

Suitcase farmers

Answer 24

Someone who owns and operates a farm but lives separately

Question 25

Dispersed settlements

Answer 25

Extensive agricultural lands where farmhouses are spread

Question 26

Columbian exchange

Answer 26

Products carried across Atlantic and pacific during colonization

Question 27

Pastoral nomadism

Answer 27

Subsistence agriculture based on hearding of domesticated animals

Question 28

Plantation agriculture

Answer 28

Large farm specializing in 1-2 crops

Question 29

Shifting agriculture

Answer 29

People deplete a location and move to another

Question 30

Extensive farming

Answer 30

Large output through less intensive farming and a lot of land

Question 31

Intensive farming

Answer 31

Large amount of output through concentrated farming

Question 32

Commercial farming

Answer 32

Products sold

Question 33

Subsistence farming

Answer 33

Products for familial consumption

Question 34

Biotechnology

Answer 34

GMOs and DNA manipulation to increase production

Question 35

Truck farming

Answer 35

Farms produce high consumer demand products and trucks take them to wherever they go

Question 36

Sustainability

Answer 36

Method of harvesting or using a resource so it isn’t depleted or permanently damaged

Question 37

Aquaculture

Answer 37

Farming of aquatic organisms