A farmer who produces only enough food for their immediate family is practicing

In the Mediterranean region, the most important crops are

The Green Revolution has had the least impact on people who live in

An enclosed area where livestock are held and fattened before slaughter is known as a

What is the cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions called?

What is the geographical economic theory that refers to how the price and demand on real estate changes as the distance towards the Central Business District (CBD) increases called?

What is the production of food primarily for sale off the farm called?

What is a series of links connecting the many places of production and distribution and resulting in a commodity that is then exchanged on the world market called?

What is the process in which consumers buy shares from local farmers in exchange for weekly produce called?

What is harvesting twice a year from the same field called?

What is trade in which fair prices are paid to producers in developing countries called?

What is an organism that is created when scientists take one or more specific genes from one organism and introduce them into another organism thus creating a new version called?

What is the rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield seeds and fertilizers called?

What is farming that requires much labor called?

What is the area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied called?

What is the growing of the same crop on the same field year after year called?

What is a form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals called?

What is a large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a more developed country, called?

What is a form of commercial agriculture in which livestock graze over an extensive area?

What is a form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another called?

What is a seasonal periodic movement of pastoralists and their livestock between highland and lowland pastures called?

The use of genetically altered crops in agriculture and DNA manipulation in livestock in order to increase production

A rural settlement in which the houses and farm building of each family are situated close to each other, with fields surrounding the settlement

A rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages

Modern settlements that follow major roads, often one singe thoroughfare lined with houses, businesses and public buildings

Divides land into narrow parcels that extends from rivers, roads or canals

When surveying land, natural features are used to mark irregular parcels of land

Villages are located quite close together with relatively small surrounding fields; land use is intense but people and animals do the work; the most common worldwide pattern of agricultural settlement

Crops are grown without fertilizers and pesticides, ensuring that the customer will not suffer adverse health affects from them; popular in the United States, Western Europe and Japan

A land distribution practice when all land passes to the eldest son, resulting in large land parcels that are tended individually

Used by the U.S. government, section lines were drawn in grids, often without reference to the terrain; encouraged settlers to disperse evenly across interior farmland in the United States

Another name for shifting cultivation, so named because fields are cleared by slashing the vegetation and burning the debris

Commercial gardening and fruit farming, so named for the Middle English word truck, meaning "barter" or exchange of commodities"

Rice planed on dry land in a nursery and then moved to a deliberately flooded field to promote growth

According to the von Thuenen model, which of these activities is most likely to be found closest to markets/population centers?

The first time people began to grow crops intentionally was in __________

global movement of plants and animals between the Old World (Europe, Africa, and Asia) and New World (the Americas) after the age of exploration.

agriculture in which farmers build a series of steps into the side of a hill to create more suitable farming conditions

the process of diverting water from its natural course or location to aid in the production of crops

series of laws enacted by the British government that enabled landowners to purchase and enclose land for their own use that had previously been common land used by peasant farmers

The Second Agricultural Revolution refers to

What type of agriculture is:

both animal and crops are farmed in the same area, crops are used to feed animals, animals or their products are sold

What is the term that describes the discovery of farming?

An animal that is used by humans for food, companionship, or work is...

Define Desertification

The domestication of plants and animals occurred in the

Deforestation has resulted in

Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Mesoamerica, and the Sub-Saharan regions were all

The primary factor in vonThuen's model for choosing commercial farm products is

The Green Revolution technology has resulted in which of the following modern agriculture?

A positive impact of industrial/commercial agriculture is

A negative impact of industrial/commercial agriculture is

Intensive agriculture involves

Extensive agriculture involves

That is grown to be sold rather than for use by the farmers

What are economies of scale?

Allows us to produce enough food to supply the population

A major disadvantage to Monoculture is

A process when the impact of H2O or wind remove soil particles causing soil to disinagrate.

Humans deciding what plant or animal traits they want in a future offspring is known as....

________ was one of the world's first civilizations, emerging between 10,000 and 9000 B.C. (The name means "between the rivers.")

The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures

Which statement best explains why a large number of agricultural products are imported into the United States from Chile?

What is Fairtrade all about?

Local food is defined as:

_____ is defined as crops that have some other product added to them to make them unique and able to sell at a higher price. 

_____ is defined as access by all people at all times to enough food to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

_____ is defined as the practice of cultivating, processing, and distributing food in or around towns or cities.