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Unit 5 Vocab - Agriculture & Economics Flashcards

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Agribusiness

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The system of commercial farming found in more developed countries.

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Agricultural Hearths

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Areas from where the origins of agricultural ideas & innovation began and spread.

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Agriculture

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The deliberate tending of crops and livestock in order to produce food & fiber.

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Biotechnology

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The use of genetically altered crops in agriculture and DNA manipulation in livestock in order to increase production.

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Cash Crops

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Crops that are raised for export to high-consumption developed countries.

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Cereal Grains

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Oats, wheat, rye, or barley.

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Columbian Exchange

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Began in the late 15th & 16th centuries when products were carried both ways across the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans.

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Commercial Agriculture

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The production of food surpluses, with most crops destined for sale to people outside the farmer’s family.

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Crop Rotation

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Each field is planted on a planting cycle.

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Desertification

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A deterioration of land to a desert-like condition by over-grazing and over-planting.

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Dispersed Settlement Pattern

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Seen in an area of extensive agricultural practices where individual farmhouses lie far apart.

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Enclosure

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The practice of fencing or hedging in large blocks of land for experiments with new techniques of farming.

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Erosion

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The geological process in which materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind and water.

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Extensive Agriculture

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Farmed land that is further away from markets/cities and is in large units.

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Extensive Subsistence Agriculture

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The cultivation of large areas of land and minimal labor per land area.

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Green Revolution

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The introduction of two new agricultural techniques during the 1970s:
a) The use of new higher-yield seeds.
b) The expanded use of fertilizers.

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Hamlets

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Small clusters of buildings or slightly larger settlements of villages.

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Horticulture

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The growing of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and tree crops from the commercial base of Mediterranean farming.

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Hunters & Gatherers

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A group of people who forage and hunt food from their environment.

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Industrial Agriculture

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Modern farming that refers to the industrialized production of livestock, poultry fish, and crops.

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Intensive Agriculture

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Farmed land that is closer to markets/cities and is in smaller units.

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Intensive Subsistence Agriculture

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The cultivation of small areas of land through the use of great amounts of labor; yields per unit/area and population densities if both are high.

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Intertillage

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The growing of various types of crops.

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Irrigation

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The channeling of water to fields.

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Labor Intensive Agriculture

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A process that employs large numbers of people and requires relatively little capital to produce food.

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Location Theory

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A theory involving the locational pattern of economic activity and the manner in which its producing areas are interrelated (Von Thunen Model).

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Long-Lot Survey System

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A survey system that divides land into narrow parcels that extend from rivers, roads, or canals.

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Mediterranean Agriculture

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A type of agriculture that only exists in the land that borders the Mediterranean Sea, California, central Chile, SW parts of South Africa, & SW Australia.

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Mercantilism

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An economic system developed by the British & the Dutch where private companies under charter from the government carry out the trade.

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Metes & Bounds

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A survey system where natural features are used to mark irregular parcels of land.

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Milkshed

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A ring of milk production that surrounds a major city.

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Mixed Crop & Livestock Farming

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The most common form of commercial agriculture in the US west of the Appilacions; farmers grow and raise livestock on the same land spread as their crops.

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Neolithic Revolution

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The wide-scale transition of going from hunting & gathering to agriculture & settlement from 10000 BC to 2200 BC.

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Nomadism

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The practice of moving frequently from one place to another.

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Nucleated Settlement Pattern

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A settlement pattern where villages are located close together with relatively small surrounding fields.

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Organic Agriculture

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Crops that are grown without fertilizers or pesticides ensure the consumer will not suffer adverse health effects.

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Pampas

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Large areas of prairie found in South America.

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Pastoral Nomadism

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A form of pastoralism in which livestock are herded in order to seek fresh pastures on which to graze.

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Plantation

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A large farm that specializes in one or two crops; is mostly found in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

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Post-Industrial Societies

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Countries where most people are no longer employed in industry (factories).

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Primary Sector (agriculture)

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The part of the economy that draws raw materials from the natural environment.

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Primogeniture

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A family practice where all land is passed to the eldest son, resulting in land parcels that are large and tended individually.

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Quaternary Sector

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The subset of the tertiary sector; includes service jobs concerned with research & development, management & administration, and processing & disseminating information.

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Rectangular Survey System

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A survey system that encouraged settlers to disperse evenly across interior farmlands; the section lines were often drawn in grids without reference to the terrain.

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Second Agricultural Revolution

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Began in Western Europe during the 1600s and intensified agriculture by promoting higher yields per acre and per farmer.

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Secondary Sector (industry)

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The part of the economy that transforms raw materials into manufactured goods.

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Seed Agriculture

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The production of plants through the annual planting of seeds.

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Seed Drill

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A device that plants seeds into the earth instead of on the surface which would cause the seeds to be blown away or eaten by animals.

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Shifting Cultivation (swidden agriculture)

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A farming method that primarily exists in rainforest zones of South America.

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Specialization

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The growing of specialized crops because they seem to be more profitable.

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Spring Wheat Area

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Only in North and South Dakota and Montana; the wheat crop cannot survive the winter.

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Subsistence Agriculture

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The production of only enough food to feed the farmer’s family, with no surpluses to sell.

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Tertiary Sector (services)

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The part of the economy that involves services rather than goods.

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Third Agricultural Revolution

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Began in the mid-20th century and is still going on in the form of industrial agriculture.

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Truck Farming

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A farming method predominantly in the SE US because of the region’s long growing season, humid climate, and accessibility to markets in the NE US.

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Vegetative Planting

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New plants are produced by direct cloning of existing plants, such as cutting stems and dividing roots.

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Village

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A term used to describe a small number of people who live in a cluster of houses in a rural area. Village forms include round, walled, grid, linear, and cluster.

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Von Thunen’s Model

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A ring model that is used to describe the relativity of different types of farming to a central point (usually a city). Ring 1 is the closest and 4 is the farthest. The rings are as follows:
1 - Market gardening & Dairy.
2 - Forest
3 - Field Crops
4 - Animal Grazing

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Wattle

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Poles and sticks that are tightly woven together and then covered in mud in order to build huts.

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Wet/Lowland Rice

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Rice that is planted on dry land in a nursery and then moved as seedlings to a flooded field to promote growth.

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Winter Wheat Area

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Only in Kansas, Colorado, & Oklahoma; the wheat crop is planted in the autumn, survives the winter, and ripens the following summer.

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“World’s Breadbasket”

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A term used to describe the prairie states of the US.

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