HG Chapter 9 Agriculture & Food

Commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps on the food-processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporations

• agricultural revolution

• agribusiness

• aquaculture

• hearth

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

• 1st Agricultural Revolution

• 2nd Agricultural Revolution

• Green Revolution

The cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions

• Fishing

• Pastoral Nomadism

• Slash and Burn

• Aquaculture

Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off of the farm

• Commercial agriculture

• Subsistence Agriculture

A form of agriculture that specializes in the production of milk and cheese

• Plantation

• Mediterranean

• Livestock Ranching

• Dairy

Agriculture undertaken primarily to provide food for direct consumption by the farmer and the farmer's family

• Commercial agriculture

• Subsistence Agriculture

The amount of food that an individual consumes, measured in kilocalories

• Dietary energy consumption

• Undernourishment

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

• Dietary energy consumption

• Undernourishment

Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield fertilizers

• 1st Agricultural Revolution

• 2nd Agricultural Revolution

• Green Revolution

Intensive Subsistence Agriculture where farmers expend relatively large effort to produce maximum yield is the most frequent type of agriculture in

• North America

• Australia

• Asia

• Europe