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agriculture
subsistence agriculture
plant domestication
First Agricultural Revolution
the purposeful tending of crops and livestock in order to prod…
level of farming in which a person raises only enough food to…
altering the behaviors, size and genetics of plants to benefit…
The period roughly 10,000 years ago during which humans first…
agriculture
the purposeful tending of crops and livestock in order to prod…
subsistence agriculture
level of farming in which a person raises only enough food to…
Agriculture
Changes from the Neolithic Revolution
Vegetative planting
Seed agriculture
The deliberate tending of crops and livestock to produce food
Increase in reliable food supplies, rapid increase in total hu…
Form of agriculture where new plants are produced by cutting s…
Form of agriculture where new plants are produced through the…
Agriculture
The deliberate tending of crops and livestock to produce food
Changes from the Neolithic Revolution
Increase in reliable food supplies, rapid increase in total hu…
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
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…
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 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…
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
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
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
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…
Animal Husbandry
Cash Cropping
Corporate Agriculture (Agribusiness)
Double Cropping
An agricultural activity associated with the raising of domest…
Planting large amounts of profitable crops for mass production…
System of food production involving everything from the develo…
Planting and harvesting a crop on a field more than once a yea…
Animal Husbandry
An agricultural activity associated with the raising of domest…
Cash Cropping
Planting large amounts of profitable crops for mass production…
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…
Taoism
Theocracy
Zionism
acculturation
Religion believed to have been founded by Lao-Tsu and based up…
A government guided by a religion
The belief that the Jews should have a homeland of their own
process in which one culture substantially changes through int…
Taoism
Religion believed to have been founded by Lao-Tsu and based up…
Theocracy
A government guided by a religion
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
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…
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
Agglomeration
Assembly Line Production
Break of bulk point
Bulk Gaining Industry
The spatial grouping of people or activities for mutual benefi…
Arrangement of workers, machines, and equipment in which the p…
A location where goods are transferred from one type of carrie…
An industry in which the final product weighs more or comprise…
Agglomeration
The spatial grouping of people or activities for mutual benefi…
Assembly Line Production
Arrangement of workers, machines, and equipment in which the p…
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…
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…
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