unit 7 vocab 1

Question 1

GMO genetically

Answer 1

gentetically modified foods have had their genes altered in a lab for specific reasons

Question 2

1st agricultural revolution

Answer 2

Seeing a shift from hunters (nomadic) lifestyles to sedentary (modern) life styles building the complex life we know today

Question 3

2nd agricultural revolution

Answer 3

A series of innovations/ techniques to improve the outcome of agriculture (started before the Industrial Revolution and spreading)

Question 4

3rd agricultural revolution

Answer 4

Invention and quick diffusion of agriculture techniques (green revolution)

Question 5

von thunen model

Answer 5

Looks at how society utilizes land assuming that its only one market and everyone has equal access

Question 6

subsistence agriculture

Answer 6

growing what you need to survive ( LDC’S)

Question 7

intertillage

Answer 7

Spreads food production over the farming season (people shifting crops)

Question 8

Agribusiness

Answer 8

A process used by firms to gather resources, transform them into goods or commodities then distribute them to consumers.

Question 9

Primary (sector)

Answer 9

Economic activities that focuses on extracting/gathering new materials from the earth (fishing, mining, agriculture)

Question 10

Aquaculture

Answer 10

The production of harvesting of fish and shell fish in sectioned off coves and land based ponds

Question 11

Containerization

Answer 11

Use of shipping containers and transporting goods

Question 12

Cool chains

Answer 12

Transportation networks that keeps food cool throughout a trip

Question 13

Enclosure

Answer 13

Land went from being communal to private when small England farmers got kicked Off their land increasing productivity

Question 14

Animal domestication

Answer 14

Process of humans selectively breeding and managing wild animals for human benefit

Question 15

Horticulture

Answer 15

cultivation of flowers, fruits, and vegetables