A system of agricultural labor in which a person is indebted to someone and required to work for that person until their debt is paid.

A method of agricultural labor in which the landowner provided the use of arable land to a farmer in exchange for a share of the crop produced.

An agricultural management system in which the land was owned by those who completed military service. These landowners would lease use of the land, along with supplies, to a farmer in exchange for the payment of taxes and goods as rent.

An area that extends from the eastern part of the Mediterranean to the lower Zagros Mountains in Iraq and Iran. This area is referred to as the birthplace of agriculture.

The process of humans changing a plant or animal from its wild form to a domesticated form for the benefit of humans.

The process of humans selectively breeding plants and animals to choose traits/characteristics which will be more beneficial/desirable to humans.

The method of managing agricultural land with the assistance of computer or satellite information. A set of technologies that have helped agriculture advance into the digital information-based world.

Organized groups whose society is based in agricultural production.

Groups of people who traveled from place to place, hunting available food sources.

Many anthropologists believe the movement from wandering tribes to agrarian society was the largest single factor in developing the modern world.

Agriculture in the Fertile Crescent was largely maintained by sharecroppers.

Agriculture was driven largely by the desire for products produced in Asia by countries in the Middle East and Europe.

What animal is believed to be the first domesicated by humans?

What is the name for educational systems set up by the Morrill Act for college-level education in agriculture?

In which year was the Homestead Act passed?

In which year was the Smith-Hughes Act passed?

A nomadic lifestyle relied heavily on agricultural production.

Sharecropping arrangements almost always favored the sharecropper.

A cotton gin allowed the processing of up to three times as much cotton in a day than removing seeds by hand.

When was the first steam tractor invented?

When were the first GPS units for agriculture used?

When was barbed wire invented?

After the American Revolution, the United States was even more reliant on agricultural exports.