Unit 5 vocab Flashcards
Yield
the amount of an agricultural product produced in an area of cultivation
Transhumance
moving flocks into the highlands for summer (cooler) and returning to lowlands for the winter (warmer)
Agriculture
modifying the environment to raise plants or animals for food or other uses
Climate
the prevailing weather conditions in general over a
long period of time
Extensive agriculture
agriculture that uses small amounts of labor on a
large area of land
Intensive agriculture
agriculture that uses a lot of labor on a small area of
land
Market gardening
small-scale, manual labor agricultural production of
a variety of crops to be sold locally
Mediterranean climate
a climate with warm, dry summers and cool, mild
winters mainly found around the Mediterranean Sea
Mixed crop/livestock
a farm that raises animals, but also feed for those
animals and makes money selling the animal
products
Nomadic herding
raising animals and traveling from place to place
with them to find pasture for their animals
Plantation
a usually large commercial farm that specializes in
one or two crops, usually semi-tropical or tropical
areas
Ranching
commercial agriculture that allows livestock to
wander a large area to feed using for meat or wool
Shifting cultivation
subsistence agriculture form used in tropical areas
that cuts down vegetation for burning which
provides nourishment to the soil - every few years
the farmer must move to a new location as the
nutrients are gone and repeat
Slash-and-burn agriculture
subsistence agriculture form used in tropical areas
that cuts down vegetation for burning which
provides nourishment to the soil - every few years
the farmer must move to a new location as the
nutrients are gone and repeat
Tropical climate
(Usually around the equator) areas that have an
average temperature above 64° and get substantial
precipitation
Base line
in the United States a baseline is the principal east-
west line (i.e., a parallel) upon which all rectangular
surveys in a defined area are based
Clustered Settlement
a pattern of rural settlement in which the houses
and farm buildings of each family are situated close
to each others’ fields and surround the settlement.
Dispersed Settlement
settlement pattern with people living relatively far
from each other on their farms
Linear settlement
a rural land use pattern that creates a long, narrow
settlement around a river, coast, or road that looks
like a line
Long Lot
a rural land use pattern that divides land into long,
narrow lined up along a waterway or road
Metes and bounds
a system of describing parcels of land where the
metes are the lines (including angle and distance
that surround the property) and bound describes
features such as a river or public road
Surveying
examining and measuring the surface of the Earth
for planning, preparing to build, or mapping
Township and range
a system of dividing large parcels of where the
townships describe how far north or south from the
center point
