APHG Unit 5 Agriculture

Plantation

• large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a developed country

• time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering

• form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another, each field is used for crops for a relatively few years

• rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high yield seeds and fertilizers

Agricultural Revolution

• large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a developed country

• time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering

• form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another, each field is used for crops for a relatively few years

• rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high yield seeds and fertilizers

Green Revolution

• large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a developed country

• time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering

• form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another, each field is used for crops for a relatively few years

• rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high yield seeds and fertilizers

Subsistence agriculture

• farming methods that preserve long term productivity of land and minimize pollution

• agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm

• agriculture designed primarily to provide food for the direct consumption by the farmer and the farmer's family

• dietary energy consumption that is continuously below the minimum requirement for maintaining a healthy life and carrying out light physical activity

Commercial agriculture

• farming methods that preserve long term productivity of land and minimize pollution

• agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm

• agriculture designed primarily to provide food for the direct consumption by the farmer and the farmer's family

• the cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions

What climate is associated with Pastoral Nomadism?

• humid- low latitude

• arid/semi arid

• warm mid-latitude

• cold mid-latitude

• Mediterranean

The most significant factor as to why North China grows crops other than wet rice is...

• Cultural tradition

• Ethnic precedence

• climate

• soil

Which of the following is a characteristic of a dairy farm outside of a milkshed?

• produces primarily fresh milk

• has a focus on processed milk; such as butter or cheese

• needs very few refrigerated trucks

• none of the above are true

A name closely associated with shifting agriculture is...

• Pastoral Nomadism

• Transhumance

• Slash and Burn farming

• Plantation farming

• intertillage

Labor-intensive intertillage is often practiced in

• Canadian wheat belt

• Southeast Asia

• Turkish highlands

• English countryside

• New Zealand