AP Human Geography-Unit 5

the process by which humans alter the landscape in order to raise crops and livestock for consumption and trade

when farmers consume the crops that they grow and raise

• commercial agriculture

• subsistence farming

• slash and burn agriculture

it was the origin/beginning of farming and was marked by the first domestications of plants and animals. much of the farming during this time was subsistence farming.

used the advances of the industrial revolution to increase the food supply of the growing population. this took place in the 1700's.

plant domestication is...

• raising and caring for animals for protection or food

• planting crops in a field

• growing crops that people planted, raised, and harvested

raising and caring for animals by humans for protection or food

why are farms placed where they are?

• beacsue of physical environment, the areas features, and the cultural/political factors

• because of where the farmer thinks its best to grow crops based on if he is in the city or in the countryside

• because of crop growth, economic factors, and new technologies

• because of money that the farmer brings in and how many other farmers are in the area

This type of farming brings goods to markets where they grow a large mass to then maxamize their profit.

This farming is used to supply only enough just for you or your family to survive.

uses plants that come from seeds to help with a higher amount

• shifiting cultivation

• subsistence agriculture

• seed agriculture