Unit 5 vocab

Humans altering the landscape to raise crops and livestock

• Agriculture

• Climate

• Mediterranean Climate

• Tropical Climate

Weather patterns in a region over long periods of time

• Agriculture

• Climate

• Mediterranean Climate

• Tropical Climate

Warm dry summers and cool, rainy winters

• Agriculture

• Climate

• Mediterranean Climate

• Tropical Climate

High temperatures and heavy precipitation during at least part of the year

• Agriculture

• Climate

• Mediterranean Climate

• Tropical Climate

Small scale production, sold directly to local consumers

• Market-gardening

• Plantation agriculture

• Subsistence agriculture

• Commercial agriculture

A large estate organized to produce a single cash crop for sale

• Market-gardening

• Plantation agriculture

• Subsistence agriculture

• Commercial agriculture

Designed primarily to provide food for direct consumption by the farmer and family

• Market-gardening

• Plantation agriculture

• Subsistence agriculture

• Commercial agriculture

Undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm

• Market-gardening

• Plantation agriculture

• Subsistence agriculture

• Commercial agriculture

Money available for investment

• Capital

• Grain farming

• Dairy farming

• Transhumance

Mass planting and harvesting of crops such as wheat, barley, and millet

• Capital

• Grain farming

• Dairy farming

• Transhumance