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Adaptive strategies
Agrarian
Agribusiness
Agricultural industrialization
the unique way in which each culture uses its particular physi…
characteristic of farmers or their way of life
highly mechanized, large-scale farming, usually under corporat…
use of machinery in agriculture, like tractors
Adaptive strategies
the unique way in which each culture uses its particular physi…
Agrarian
characteristic of farmers or their way of life
Adaptive strategies
Agrarian
Agribusiness
Agricultural industrialization
the unique way in which each culture uses its particular physi…
characteristic of farmers or their way of life
highly mechanized, large-scale farming, usually under corporat…
use of machinery in agriculture, like tractors
Adaptive strategies
the unique way in which each culture uses its particular physi…
Agrarian
characteristic of farmers or their way of life
Primary sector
Secondary sector
Tertiary sector
Post-industrial
Agriculture: Draws raw materials from the natural environment
Industry: Transforms raw materials into manufactured goods
Services: Involves services instead of goods
Countries where most people are no longer employed in industry
Primary sector
Agriculture: Draws raw materials from the natural environment
Secondary sector
Industry: Transforms raw materials into manufactured goods
Primary sector
Secondary sector
Tertiary sector
Post-industrial
Agriculture: Draws raw materials from the natural environment
Industry: Transforms raw materials into manufactured goods
Services: Involves services instead of goods
Countries where most people are no longer employed in industry
Primary sector
Agriculture: Draws raw materials from the natural environment
Secondary sector
Industry: Transforms raw materials into manufactured goods
Von Thunen's Model
Subsistence Farming
Commercial Farming
Breadbasket
Transportation costs (weight & distance) and land value determ…
produces food that is needed to survive on a daily basis to a…
farming of products for sale off the farm (mostly done in more…
US & Canadian prairies states, know for producing a lot of bre…
Von Thunen's Model
Transportation costs (weight & distance) and land value determ…
Subsistence Farming
produces food that is needed to survive on a daily basis to a…
agriculture
commercial agriculture
subsistence agriculture
plant domestication
the purposeful tending of crops and livestock in order to prod…
Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale…
level of farming in which a person raises only enough food to…
altering the behaviors, size and genetics of plants to benefit…
agriculture
the purposeful tending of crops and livestock in order to prod…
commercial agriculture
Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale…
Adaptive strategies
Agrarian
Agribusiness
Agricultural industrialization
the unique way in which each culture uses its particular physi…
characteristic of farmers or their way of life
highly mechanized, large-scale farming, usually under corporat…
use of machinery in agriculture, like tractors
Adaptive strategies
the unique way in which each culture uses its particular physi…
Agrarian
characteristic of farmers or their way of life
agriculture
commercial agriculture
subsistence agriculture
plant domestication
the raising of crops and animals for human use; farming
farming primarily for sale, not direct consumption
level of farming in which a person raises only enough food to…
altering the behaviors, size and genetics of plants to benefit…
agriculture
the raising of crops and animals for human use; farming
commercial agriculture
farming primarily for sale, not direct consumption
agriculture
commercial agriculture
subsistence agriculture
plant domestication
the purposeful tending of crops and livestock in order to prod…
Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale…
level of farming in which a person raises only enough food to…
altering the behaviors, size and genetics of plants to benefit…
agriculture
the purposeful tending of crops and livestock in order to prod…
commercial agriculture
Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale…
Von Thunen's Model
Subsistence Farming
Commercial Farming
Breadbasket
Transportation costs (weight & distance) and land value determ…
produces food that is needed to survive on a daily basis to a…
farming of products for sale off the farm (mostly done in more…
US & Canadian prairies states, know for producing a lot of bre…
Von Thunen's Model
Transportation costs (weight & distance) and land value determ…
Subsistence Farming
produces food that is needed to survive on a daily basis to a…
Von Thunen's Model
Subsistence Farming
Commercial Farming
Breadbasket
Transportation costs (weight & distance) and land value determ…
produces food that is needed to survive on a daily basis to a…
farming of products for sale off the farm (mostly done in more…
US & Canadian prairies states, know for producing a lot of bre…
Von Thunen's Model
Transportation costs (weight & distance) and land value determ…
Subsistence Farming
produces food that is needed to survive on a daily basis to a…
Agribusiness
Agricultural Production in the United S…
Agriculture
Aquaculture
Defined as industrialized, corporate form of agricultural prod…
- Truck and fruit farming exists in the relatively mild climat…
Defined as the growing of crops or tending of livestock for su…
Fish farming, involving breeding of fish in freshwater ponds,…
Agribusiness
Defined as industrialized, corporate form of agricultural prod…
Agricultural Production in the United S…
- Truck and fruit farming exists in the relatively mild climat…
domestication
Columbian Exchange
Green Revolution
shifting agriculture
consists of raising and growing plants and animals for human u…
the global movements of plants and animals between Afro-Eurasi…
began in the mid-20th century with the advances in plant biolo…
one of the earliest agricultural practices, all vegetation in…
domestication
consists of raising and growing plants and animals for human u…
Columbian Exchange
the global movements of plants and animals between Afro-Eurasi…
agriculture
commercial agriculture
subsistence agriculture
plant domestication
the purposeful tending of crops and livestock in order to prod…
Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale…
level of farming in which a person raises only enough food to…
altering the behaviors, size and genetics of plants to benefit…
agriculture
the purposeful tending of crops and livestock in order to prod…
commercial agriculture
Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale…
Agriculture
Hunters and gatherers
Neolithic Revolution
Agricultural hearth
Art and science of producing food from the land and tending li…
people who survive by eating animals that they have caught or…
(10,000 - 8,000 BCE) The development of agriculture and the do…
areas of settlement during the neolithic period, especially al…
Agriculture
Art and science of producing food from the land and tending li…
Hunters and gatherers
people who survive by eating animals that they have caught or…
Agribusiness
Agricultural hearths
Agriculture
Biotechnology
groups of industries that deal with the products and services…
places where agriculture first came from, originated from.
the practice of cultivating land, or raising livestock.
the use of genetically engineered crops.
Agribusiness
groups of industries that deal with the products and services…
Agricultural hearths
places where agriculture first came from, originated from.
Agrarian
Agribusiness
Agricultural industrialization
Agricultural landscape
characteristic of farmers or their way of life
highly mechanized, large-scale farming, usually under corporat…
use of machinery in agriculture, like tractors
the cultural landscape of agricultural areas
Agrarian
characteristic of farmers or their way of life
Agribusiness
highly mechanized, large-scale farming, usually under corporat…
domestication
Columbian Exchange
Green Revolution
shifting agriculture
consists of raising and growing plants and animals for human u…
the global movements of plants and animals between Afro-Eurasi…
began in the mid-20th century with the advances in plant biolo…
one of the earliest agricultural practices, all vegetation in…
domestication
consists of raising and growing plants and animals for human u…
Columbian Exchange
the global movements of plants and animals between Afro-Eurasi…
the primary sector
the secondary sector
the tertiary sector
post-idustrial societies
agriculture; the part of the economy that draws raw materials…
industry; the part of the economy that transforms raw material…
services; the pat of the economy that involves services rather…
countries where most people are no longer employed in industry
the primary sector
agriculture; the part of the economy that draws raw materials…
the secondary sector
industry; the part of the economy that transforms raw material…
Agribusiness
Agricultural Revolution (Neolithic Revo…
Agriculture
Aquaculture
Commercial agriculture characterized by integration of differe…
The time when human beings first learned to farm and domestica…
The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface t…
The cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions.
Agribusiness
Commercial agriculture characterized by integration of differe…
Agricultural Revolution (Neolithic Revo…
The time when human beings first learned to farm and domestica…
Von Thunen's Model
Subsistence Farming
Commercial Farming
First Agricultural Revolution (Neolithi…
Transportation costs (weight & distance) and land value determ…
produces food that is needed to survive on a daily basis to a…
farming of products for sale off the farm (mostly done in more…
Took place 10,000 years ago in 8,000 BCE. Allowed humans to be…
Von Thunen's Model
Transportation costs (weight & distance) and land value determ…
Subsistence Farming
produces food that is needed to survive on a daily basis to a…
Megacity
Megalopolis
conurbation
hinterland
City with more than 10 million people... (Mumbai, Mexico City)
a bunch of large cities and surrounding areas that grow togeth…
an extended urban area, typically consisting of several towns…
An area of economic production that is located inland and is c…
Megacity
City with more than 10 million people... (Mumbai, Mexico City)
Megalopolis
a bunch of large cities and surrounding areas that grow togeth…
Nation
State
Nation-State
Stateless Nation
A large aggregate of people united by common descent, history,…
A nation or territory considered as an organized political com…
One state that is completely occupied by people in the name na…
A nation that is spread about multiple states
Nation
A large aggregate of people united by common descent, history,…
State
A nation or territory considered as an organized political com…
Agrarian
agribusiness
agriculture
aquaculture
characteristic of farmers or their way of life
highly mechanized, large-scale farming, usually under corporat…
the cultivation of domesticated crops and the raising of domes…
the cultivation of aquatic organisms (as fish or shellfish) es…
Agrarian
characteristic of farmers or their way of life
agribusiness
highly mechanized, large-scale farming, usually under corporat…
Services
Consumer services
Business services
Public Services
Activities that fulfills a human want or need and returns mone…
Businesses that provide services primarily to individual consu…
Services that primarily meet the needs of other businesses, in…
Services offered by the government to provide security and pro…
Services
Activities that fulfills a human want or need and returns mone…
Consumer services
Businesses that provide services primarily to individual consu…