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Unit 5 - Agriculture
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- Q1Commercial agriculture characterized by integration of different steps in the food-processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporations.agribusiness45s
- Q2A related influenced on patterns of settlement and land use that delineates property lines. Adopted in places where settlement could be regulated by law.cadastral system45s
- Q3The global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas.Columbian Exchange45s
- Q4Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm.commercial agriculture45s
- Q5Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions like excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting.desertification45s
- Q6The 18th century privatization of common lands in England, which contributed to the increase in population and the rise of industrialization.enclosure movement45s
- Q7The Danish economist (1910-1999) who argued that rising populations will stimulate human societies to produce more food through innovation and technology.Ester Boserup45s
- Q8Using a large amount of land to farm food for the farmer's family to eat.extensive subsistence agriculture45s
- Q9The domestication of plants and animals and the resulting start of a sedentary society (also called the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution).First Agricultural Revolution45s
- Q10Foods that are mostly products or organisms that have their genes altered in a laboratory for specific purposes, such as disease resistance, increased productivity, or nutritional value allowing growers greater control, predictability, and efficiency.Genetically modified organisms45s
- Q11The worldwide campaign to increase agricultural production from the 1940s to 60s, stimulated by new fertilizers and strains of wheat such as that by Norman Borlaug. The movement saved millions from starvation.Green Revolution45s
- Q12A form of subsistence agriculture in which farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasible yield from a parcel of land.intensive subsistence agriculture45s
- Q13Agricultural theory based on location economics.JH von Thunen45s
- Q14System that divided land into narrow parcels stretching back from rivers,roads, or canals. Mostly diffused by the French.Long-lot survey45s
- Q15Non-subsistence crops such as tea, cacao, coffee, and tobacco.luxury crops45s