Unit 7 Vocab 3

Question 1

Monoculture

Answer 1

Growing or raising a single specialty crop on large tracts of land

Question 2

Double cropping

Answer 2

A second crop is planted after the first has been harvested.

Question 3

Nucleated settlement

Answer 3

Houses & buildings are clustered closely together around a central point

Question 4

Round village

Answer 4

Traditional circular rural land use patterns include northern Germany & sub Saharan Africa

Question 5

Grid village

Answer 5

a rural settlement pattern where houses are arranged in a rectangular or square grid.

Question 6

Milkshed

Answer 6

Geographic area surrounding a city or market where Mille is produced and transported

Question 7

Feedlots

Answer 7

Are feed fattening farms

Question 8

Transhumance

Answer 8

Herders who seasonally move their animals between fixed summer (mountain pastures) and winter ( lowland vally’S) winters

Question 9

Extensive agriculture

Question 10

Fair Trade agriculture

Answer 10

Guarantees a fair trade price (reduces commodity chain)

Question 11

Market gardening

Answer 11

Small scale farm usually under 1 acre of land that grows a diverse range of products from fruits, vegetables & flowers as cash crops frequently sold directly to consumers & restaurants

Question 12

Prime agricultural land

Answer 12

A serious problem in the United States has been the lost of the most productive farmland as urban areas sprawl into the surrounding countryside

Question 13

Hidden hunger

Answer 13

People who may consume enough calories to survive, but lack certain nutrients

Question 14

Ester boserup

Answer 14

20th century danish economized who theme the population would be accomplished

Question 15

Intensive agriculture