UNIT 5: Chapter Fourteen - 5.10, Pgs. 334-342

Question 1

Land cover changes

Answer 1

The study of how land is used and the impact of changing land use.

Question 2

Farming Pollution

Answer 2

Air, Water, and Soil Pollution. Intensive forms of agriculture are responsible for the worst agricultural pollution. Can be caused by Chemical Fertilizers, Insecticides, Pesticides, and Herbicides.

Question 3

Desertification

Answer 3

Alteration of the natural vegetation in arid areas causes fertile land to become infertile.

Question 4

Salinization

Answer 4

Occurs when salts from water used by plants remain in the soil.

Question 5

Conservation

Answer 5

Countering the damaging effects of destroying the natural landscape, and the various flora and fauna that inhabit it.

Question 6

Terrace Farming

Answer 6

Where farmers build a series of steps into the side of a hill.

Question 7

Irrigation

Answer 7

The process of applying controlled amounts of water to crops using dams, canals, pipes, sprinkler systems, or other manufactured devices rather than relying on just rainfall.

Question 8

Aral Sea- Problems with irrigation

Answer 8

This sea was reduced to 10 percent of its former size, it was once the fourth-largest lake in the world. The water that remained was very saline.

Question 9

Deforestation

Answer 9

The removal of large tracts of forest.

Question 10

Slash-N-Burn Agriculture

Answer 10

Takes place when all vegetation in an area of the forest is cut down and burned in place.

Question 11

Changing Diets

Answer 11

Especially in semiperiphery countries, the demand for certain foods change often during the development of that place.

Question 12

Roles of women in agriculture

Answer 12

Traditionally, women helped men in the fields and in processing and storing the harvest. Also, women performed the task of selecting the best seeds to plant the following year.