UNIT 5: Chapter Thirteen - 5.6, Pgs. 308-310

Question 1

Bid-rent Theory

Answer 1

There is usually a distance-decay relationship between proximity to the urban market and the value of the land, meaning the closer the land is to an urban center, the more valuable it is.

Question 2

Capital Intensive

Answer 2

Using expensive machinery and other inputs.

Question 3

Labor Intensive

Answer 3

Relying on a large amount of people to farm.

Question 4

Factory Farming

Answer 4

Capital-intensive livestock operation in which many animals are kept in close quarters, and bred and fed in a controlled environment.

Question 5

Aquaculture (aquafarming)

Answer 5

Intensive. Fish, shellfish, or aquatic plants are raised in netted areas in the sea, tanks, or other bodies of water.

Question 6

Double Cropping

Answer 6

Planting and harvesting a crop two (or three) times per year on the same piece of land.

Question 7

Intercropping/multi-cropping

Answer 7

When farmers grow two or more crops simultaneously on the same field.

Question 8

Monoculture/monocropping

Answer 8

Only one crop is grown or one type of animal is raised per season on a piece of land/Only growing one type of crop or raising one type of animal year after year.

Question 9

Feedlots

Answer 9

Confined spaces in which cattle and pigs have limited movement. Concentrated animal feeding operations.