AP HUG 5.3-5.4 Vocab - Salazar

Colombian Exchange

Colombian Exchange

A widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations, communicable diseases, and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres that was launched by Columbus’s voyages.

Domestication

The process of taming plants or animals for human use.

Fertile Crescent

A crescent-shaped area in Southwest Asia where settled farming first began to emerge leading to the rise of cities.

Double Cropping

Obtaining two harvests per year from one field

First Agricultural Revolution

Time when people first domesticate plants and animals which allows people to live in one place.

Second Agricultural Revolution

Coincides with the Industrial Revolution; increasing yield and access through machines and transportation.

Crop Rotation

Temporarily changing crops to limit the depletion of soil nutrients.