Unit 5 Agriculture
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- Q1Part of the economy that deals with the extraction of natural resources such as agriculture, mining, or forestryAgribusinessesTertiary SectorPrimary SectorSecondary Sector30s
- Q2Part of the economy that deals with the manufacturing of natural resources into finished products for saleTertiary SectorPrimary SectorEconomies of ScaleSecondary Sector30s
- Q3Part of the economy that deals with providing services to people such as restaurant, retail, or professional services such as education or sciences. Can be further split into quaternary-professional positions and quinary-the highest professional positions such as CEOs of companies or the President in governmentTertiary SectorPrimary SectorSecondary SectorComparative Advantage30s
- Q4The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for subsistence or economic gain.Columbian ExchangeEconomies of ScaleAnimal DomesticationAgriculture30s
- Q5Provided people with a steady supply of fertilizers and animal byproducts when it began 5000 years ago.AgricultureAnimal DomesticationAgrarianColumbian Exchange30s
- Q6Societies whose economy is based on agriculture and therefore promote agricultural interests. These are rural areas.AgrarianAgribusinessMilk-shedFeedlot30s
- Q7Causes one area to be better at producing a certain product due to proximity or natural environment (agricultural or otherwise), increasing revenueCommodity ChainColumbian ExchangeInfrastructureComparative Advantage30s
- Q8Rural communities where homes and/or businesses are close together in the middle or circular pattern with farmland around or inside the buildingsTerracingClustered Rural SettlementsDispersed Rural SettlementsDispersed Rural Settlement30s
- Q9Allowed for future generations to grow larger because they no longer were just a hunter gathering but farming and creating permanent settlements.Green RevolutionBiorevolutionSecond Agricultural RevolutionFirst Agricultural Revolution30s
- Q10Agriculture became more mechanized with the use of things like tractors, which increased production and allowed people to switch from farming to industrial jobsSecond Agricultural RevolutionBiorevolutionGreen RevolutionFirst Agricultural Revolution30s
- Q11The cultural and biological exchange between the New and Old WorldsColumbian ExchangeGlobal Supply ChainEconomies of ScaleCommodity Chain30s
- Q12Farming undertaken primarily to produce enough food for the family's own consumption with little left over for saleSubsistence AgricultureAgribusinessCommercial AgricultureHorticulture30s
- Q13Farming undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm.Commodity ChainSubsistence AgricultureColumbian ExchangeCommercial Agriculture30s
- Q14The movement from production by human/animal labor to machine powerMechanizationZoningSubsidiesTerracing30s
- Q15Commercial agriculture characterized by integrating different steps in the food-processing industry controlling seeds, pesticides, farms, processors, and distributors of their crops.Columbian ExchangeAgribusinessEconomies of ScaleHorticulture30s