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greenhouses
Icelands climate is not naturally conductive for growing crops so they have….
culture and agriculture
pigs can be raised on southwest asia but because it is predominantly muslim the consumer demand is low
consumers demand
farmers in America are more likely to produce orange carrots than purple carrots
capital
machinery is also referred to as…
inputs
another word for resources is…
spain
where is olive growing common?
kenya
where is coffee growing common?
North and east Africa, southwest, central, east asia
pastoral nomadism regions (5)
mongolia
it is very cold so they use reindeers because they thrive in the cold
south-Central Asia and east africa
often heard cattle because they adapt to heat
middle east
use camels in dry parts because they can survive long without water
latin America, sub-saharan Africa, southwest asia
shifting cultivation regions (3)
rice
what is often grown in Southeast Asia?
corn
what is often grown in South America?
millet and sorghum
what is often grown in sub-saharan Africa?
subsistence farming
under colonialism commercial agriculture is often replace by…
cocoa, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, bananas, tobacco, tea, and cotton
what are common planations (8)
latin america, sub-saharan Africa, south and southeast asia
what are common regions for plantations (4)
canada, midwest US, north and Central Europe
mixed crop and livestock farming regions (4)
south-central canada, Siberia, Montana, South and North Dakota
spring wheat regions (5)
north and central china, eastern russia, Kansas and oklahoma
winter wheat regions (5)
california, arizona, and the southeast
in the US large commercial vegetable and fruit garden are mostly found in (3)
Chile and mexico
during the winter the us imports fruits and vegetables from …
argentina and brazil
the amount of dairy farms have increased here due to the increased demand for dairy products that has increase faster than the amount of dairy farms
figs, dates, olives, grapes
common crops of Mediterranean agriculture
italy, greece, spain, North Africa, southwest africa, Southwest asia, southwest australia, california, central chile
mediteranean agriculture regions (9)
western US, pampas in argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, spain, Portugal, china, australia
livestock ranching regions (8)
goats and sheep
in transhumance …. are principal because of the rugged terrain
latin america, sub-saharan africa, southwest asia, central asia, east asia, southeast asia
agricultural hearths (6)
hunters in central asia
who were likely the first people to domesticate animals?
protection, work, transportation, food
what were domesticated animals used for? (4)
French long-lot system
quebec, Lousiana
westward expansion
in canada and the US what did they promote by gibing farmer 160 yards of land?
developed, and some semiperphery countries like china, Mexico, and Brazil
commercial is common in…
mixed crop and livestock farming
animal manure is used to fertilize crops
Yangtze huang he, indus, nile
which rivers valleys were developed agricultural hearths (4)
increase in trade
agricultural diffusion led to…
trade, conquest, larger empires
major agricultural hearths grew into civilizations leading to (3)
grain, olive oil, wine
agricultural good trader throughout the roman empire were (3)
europe, northern Africa, southwest asia
three regions linked together by trade in the roman empire were (3)
rice, silk, grapes
products traded by china were (3)
90%
the eastern hemisphere brought diseases killing what percent of indigenous people?
smallpox, influenze, malaria, measles
which diseases did the eastern hemisphere bring (4)
new world
what is the western hemisphere also known as?
old world
what is the eastern hemisphere also known as?
less than 2%
how much of todays labor force in the US is farmers and ranchers
1920 census
showed that for the first time more people lived in cities than rural areas and that 30% of the country’s labor force worked in agriculture which was decrease
30%
What percentage of Africas population has been affected by food insecurity?
50%
Because of intensive practice of raising cattle the global consumption of meat has increase more than
mexico
where was dwarf wheat created?
philipeans
where did Norman bulge make a new strain of rice?
seed hybridization
in 1960’s they used rice from Indonesia and dwarf rice from Taiwan to proceed a new rice strain that could be produced in other rice growing countries
location theory
shopping, restaurants, factories, agriculture, etc.
soil salinization
loss of wetlands to rice farming in Laos southeast Asia
pollution
toxic algae bloom growth in water due to agricultural runoff
desertification
west African state of Burkina faso
terrace farming
east asia to grow rice, South America to grow potatoes and corn, northern africa to grow fruit and olive trees
slash and burn
the removal of tall parries grasses in the Great Plains US so that other grains could be planted resulted ins oil erosion that led to the dust bowl of the Great Depression
decline in small family farms, large commercial farms, expansion of farmland in wetlands and forest
biggest changes in agricultural landscape recently (3)
vertical integration
ownership by a large commercial farm of a research h and development company that improves seeds
commodity chain
corn using feritilzers, fertile land, harvesting, storage, processing, then being sold
value-added crops
organic products, tropical foods, grass-fed beef, free-range chicken and eggs
70
what percent do women makeup of the agricultural labor force?
20-30
what is the percent of crop gap between male and female run farms?