APHUG unit 5

Tropical climate

Produces coffee, sugar, pineapples

Subtropical

Produces rice, cotton, and tobacco

Dry (grasslands/continental steppe)

Produces cattle sheep, goats, horses, and camels

Mediterranean

Produces grapes and dates

Warm mid latitude

Produces veggies, fruits, and rice

Cold mid latitude

Produces wheat, barley, livestock, dairy, and cows

Shifting cultivation agriculture

Land and designated for crops until land is less productive than they utilize slash/burn

Nomadic herding agriculture

Herders who move with their animals

Ranching agriculture

Ranchers raise livestock far away from population centers

Long lot survey method

When land is divided up to narrow parts with each part, having access to transportation

Mets and bounds survey method

Straight lines that connect different geographic areas. Bounds are key geographic features that define an area

Township and range survey method

A baseline with townships going north to south and ranges going east to west creating a grid system

Fertile crescent

Wheat, oats, and barley

Sub Saharan Africa

Yams and coffee

East Asia

Rice and soy beans

Southeast Asia

Mangoes and coconuts

Commercial agriculture

Produces to sell crop for profit

Subsistence agriculture

Produces to feed family and community

Extensive agriculture

Uses less human labor, but more land

Intensive agriculture

Uses more human labor, but less land

Bid-rent theory

Analyze this price of land in relation to the city or urban area

Commodity chain

What a crop goes through for production to make a product

The Von Thunen Model

What does it mean to have a commodity dependence?

When a country has more than 60% of export commodities

Draining the wetlands agriculture practice

Removing water from wetlands to use land

Biodiversity agriculture practice

Variety of living things in an area

Deforestation

Clearing lots of trees or other plants

Slash and burn agriculture practice

Cutting and burning plants to clear land

Irrigation

Movement of water to water crops

Soil salinization

Excessive amounts of salt in the soil

Soil erosion

Weathering away and displacement of the top soil

Desertification

Process of arable land losing fertility and turning to desert

Pastoral nomads

Herders migrate with their livestock

Terrence farming

Growing crops in the side of hills or mountains by creating terraces

Food miles

The distance food travels from production to consumption