unit 7 vocab 2

Question 1

Township & range

Answer 1

A midwest/west survey that organizes land into six mile square (township) then divided into 1 mile square blocks (range)

Question 2

Metes & bounds

Answer 2

use physical features/directions of the local geography to define the boundaries of a particular piece of land.

Question 3

Longlot survey

Answer 3

Narrow lots along a river so that each original settle had equal river access (Louisiana & Canadian maritimes)

Question 4

Plantation agriculture

Answer 4

Commercial farming focused on a single cashcrop often in tropical regions.

Question 5

Commercial agriculture

Answer 5

the production of food primarily for sale Off the form

Question 6

Mediterranean agriculture

Answer 6

Production including mostly horticulture, fruits, and vegetables and located above border seas and west coast off continents

Question 7

Organic agriculture

Answer 7

Farming/ production of crops without synthetic fertilizers (traditional farming)

Question 8

Primogeniture

Answer 8

eldest son/daughter inherits all of a dying parents land

Question 9

Luxury crops

Answer 9

Legal crops like coffee, tobacco, tea and cacao grown on plantations in the tropics for export to more developed countries

Question 10

Seed crops

Answer 10

Wheat & rice

Question 11

Root crops

Answer 11

Potato’s & yams

Question 12

Colombian exchange

Answer 12

global transfer of foods, plants, and animals from Europe to Americans

Question 13

Livestock ranching

Answer 13

Practiced in mdc’s on semi/arid land where vegetation is too sparse or soil too poor to support crops

Question 14

Green Revolution

Answer 14

Shifting how they produce their food with different innovations, techniques,and fertilizers

Question 15

Slash & burn

Answer 15

Plot of land is cleared by tearing down and burning ash replenished oils