unit 5 vocabulary human geography

the variety and variability of plants, animals, and microorganisms that are used directly or indirectly for food and agriculture

• Desertification

• Hybrid

• Debt-for-nature swap

• Agricultural biodiversity

a landscape resulting from the interactions between farming activities and a location’s natural environment

• Agricultural landscape

• Biodiversity

• Agribusinesses

• Bid-rent theory

an ecosystem modified for agricultural use

• Domestication

• Extensive agriculture

• Agroecosystem

• Foragers

layers of sand, gravel, and rocks that constrain and can release an unseeable amount of water

• Aquifer

• Food security

• Vertical integration

• Subsistence agriculture

the variety of organisms living in a location

• Central business district (CBD)

• Biotechnology

• Biodiversity

• Monocropping

the science of altering living organisms, often through genetic manipulation, to create new products for specific purposes, such as crops that resist certain pests

• Dual agricultural economy

• Farm subsidy

• Global supply chain

• Biotechnology

reliable access to safe and nutritious food that can support an active and healthy lifestyle

• Plantation agriculture

• Food security

• Pastoral nomadism

• Dispersed settlement

a farming management concept that uses technology  to apply inputs with pinpoint accuracy to specific parts of fields to maximize crop yields, reduce waste, and preserve the environment

• Precision agriculture

• Agribusinesses

• Desertification

• Economy of scale

artificial lake used to store water

• Transhumance

• Third agricultural revolution

• Reservoir

• Vertical integration

the process by which water-soluble salts build up in the soil, which limits the ability of crops to absorb water

• Fair trade

• Farm subsidy

• Climate region

• Salinization