Agricultural Revolutions and Farming Types

This set of vocabulary flashcards covers the historical agricultural revolutions, including the Neolithic, Second, and Green Revolutions, as well as the differences between subsistence and commercial farming.

Green Revolution

A period in the $1960s/1970s$ where MDCs shared fertilizers, machines, and hybrid seeds with LDCs such as India and Mexico to increase productivity.

Subsistence Farming

Farming for survival, found in Less Developed Countries (LDCs), characterized by manual labor and an absence of machines.

Commercial Farming

Farming to make money, found mostly in More Developed Countries (MDCs), using fewer workers, more machines, fertilizers, pesticides, and GMOs.

Neolithic Revolution (1st Agricultural Revolution)

The period when people developed agriculture and created sedentary societies, leading to the development of civilizations and rising birth and death rates.

Sedentary societies

Communities where people stay in one place, established during the Neolithic Revolution.

Second Agricultural Revolution

A movement starting in England c. $1750$ CE involving new technology like the seed drill and mechanical reaper, which led to industrialization and migration to cities.

MDCs (More Developed Countries)

Countries that shared agricultural technology during the Green Revolution and where commercial agriculture is most prevalent.

LDCs (Less Developed Countries)

Countries where subsistence agriculture is found and that received hybrid seeds and fertilizers during the Green Revolution, such as India and Mexico.

Seed drill

A specific technological advancement used during the Second Agricultural Revolution to increase food production.

Mechanical reaper

A machine introduced during the Second Agricultural Revolution that contributed to fewer people needing to work on farms.