Unit 5 Vocabulary

Question 1

Quinary sector

Answer 1

Service sector industries that require a high level of specialized knowledge or technical skill. Examples include scientific
research and high-level management.

Question 2

Reaper

Answer 2

Machine that cuts grain from the field

Question 3

Root crops

Answer 3

Crop that is reproduced by cultivating the roots of or the cuttings from the plants such as potatoes or carrots

Question 4

Sawah

Answer 4

A wet field for growing rice

Question 5

Secondary sector

Answer 5

Economic activity involving the processing of raw materials and their transformation into finished industrial products.

Question 6

Seed agriculture

Answer 6

Agriculture done by planting a seed.

Question 7

Shifting cultivation

Answer 7

Cultivation of crops in tropical forest clearings in which the forest vegetation has been removed by cutting and burning. These
clearings are usually abandoned after a few years in favor of newly cleared farmland. Also known as slash-and-burn
agriculture.

Question 8

Slash and Burn Agriculture

Answer 8

Cultivation of crops in tropical forest clearings in which the forest vegetation has been removed by cutting and burning in
order to provide nutrients in the soil.

Question 9

Soil salinity

Answer 9

The high concentration of dissolved salts in the soil from poor irrigation and is toxic to plants soil organisms

Question 10

Spring wheat

Answer 10

Spring Wheat is grown in the spring and North United States and Canada. Spring wheat has to be planted later due to
climate.

Question 11

Subsidies

Answer 11

A form of financial assistance paid to farmers and agribusinesses to supplement their income, manage the supply of
agricultural commodities, and influence the cost and supply of such commodities. Subsidies can be given to any business or
market, not just agricultural businesses

Question 12

Sustainable agriculture

Answer 12

Farming that meets human needs without poisoning the environment or using up water and soil resources. Sustainable
farming can be done in ways that ensure environmental availability in the future.

Question 13

Swidden

Answer 13

An area cleared for temporary cultivation by cutting and burning the vegetation.

Question 14

Tertiary sector

Answer 14

Economic activity associated with the provision services-such as transportation, banking, retailing, education, and routine
office-based jobs.

Question 15

Transhumance

Answer 15

The seasonal movement of people with their livestock over relatively short distances, typically to higher pastures in summer
and to lower valleys in winter.

Question 16

Truck farming

Answer 16

The intensive production of fruits and vegetables for market rather than for processing or canning

Question 17

Vegetative planting

Answer 17

The growing of plants by taking parts of an existing plant and plant in the ground.

Question 18

Von Thunen Zone Model

Answer 18

A model that explains the location of agricultural activities in a commercial profit making economy. A process of spatial
competition allocates various farming activities into rings around central market city, with profit earning capability the
determining force in how far a crop locates from the market

Question 19

Wattle

Answer 19

Traditional dwellings built using poles and sticks that are woven tightly together and then plastered with mud.

Question 20

Winter wheat

Answer 20

Wheat grown in the winter and the central United States like Kansas. Type of wheat that can be planted earlier.