APHUG Agriculture Unit 5 Notes

The secondary agricultural hearth of Central America domesticated __, __, __, __, __, __, __, and __.

squash, pepper, cotton, maize, potato, sweet potato, tomatoes, beans (not soy though)

Intensive use of irrigation on soil can lead to __.

salinization

The process of getting two full harvests on the same field in one year is called __.

double cropping

The system of land distribution used in England that uses geographic features to determine property boundaries is called the system.

metes and bounds

The meatpacking company Tyson is an example of as it is buying up all the steps in the commodity chain for raising, processing, and distributing chicken.

vertical integration

Agriculture originated in South Asia along the __ River.

Indus

The main negative environmental impact of Palm Oil Plantations in SE Asia is __.

deforestation

Corn and soybeans are the two most common crops used in the US on and __ farms.

mixed crop and livestock

Wisconsin specializes in Cheese production instead of fresh milk because it is far away from the __ concentration.

population

Norman Borlag was the father of the .

Green Revolution

Some negative environmental consequences of the Green Revolution include pollution from chemicals, increased use in fossil fuels, loss of biodiversity, loss of wetlands, and __.

deforestation

Sustainable agriculture is the practice of preserving and enhancing the environment by only producing what is __.

needed

Shifting cultivation is usually found in __-low latitude, __.

humid, tropics

The two cereal grains domesticated in Sub-Saharan Africa are and .

millet and sorghum

For the vast majority of human history, humans practiced and .

hunting and gathering

The subsistence agriculture based on the herding of domesticated animals is called .

pastoral nomadism

The commercial growing of plants using liquid instead of soil is called __.

hydroponics

One place where the Green Revolution had a substantial impact was in and .

India and South America

Another name for the Green Revolution is the __ agricultural revolution.

third

Von Thunen developed a model to show the __ to market in the choice of crops on commercial farms.

proximity

The most common type of agriculture found in the U.S. Southeast is .

market gardening

and is a characteristic of shifting cultivation.

Slash and burn

The deliberate modification of Earth's surface through the cultivation of plants and the rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain is called __.

agriculture

Climate is the #1 factor of agriculture, but the other two are __ and /_.

landforms and soil/nutrients

In tropical/subtropical places, shifting cultivation and __ happen.

plantations

In drylands/deserts, herd animals do well because of nice __.

pastures

In temperate places, there is mixed crop and livestock farming, commercial grain farming, market gardening, dairy farming, and __ farming.

Mediterranean