Unit 5- Agriculture ex.

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greenhouses

Icelands climate is not naturally conductive for growing crops so they have….

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culture and agriculture

pigs can be raised on southwest asia but because it is predominantly muslim the consumer demand is low

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consumers demand

farmers in America are more likely to produce orange carrots than purple carrots

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capital

machinery is also referred to as…

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inputs

another word for resources is…

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spain

where is olive growing common?

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kenya

where is coffee growing common?

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North and east Africa, southwest, central, east asia

pastoral nomadism regions (5)

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mongolia

it is very cold so they use reindeers because they thrive in the cold

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south-Central Asia and east africa

often heard cattle because they adapt to heat

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middle east

use camels in dry parts because they can survive long without water

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latin America, sub-saharan Africa, southwest asia

shifting cultivation regions (3)

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rice

what is often grown in Southeast Asia?

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corn

what is often grown in South America?

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millet and sorghum

what is often grown in sub-saharan Africa?

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subsistence farming

under colonialism commercial agriculture is often replace by…

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cocoa, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, bananas, tobacco, tea, and cotton

what are common planations (8)

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latin america, sub-saharan Africa, south and southeast asia

what are common regions for plantations (4)

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canada, midwest US, north and Central Europe

mixed crop and livestock farming regions (4)

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south-central canada, Siberia, Montana, South and North Dakota

spring wheat regions (5)

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north and central china, eastern russia, Kansas and oklahoma

winter wheat regions (5)

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california, arizona, and the southeast

in the US large commercial vegetable and fruit garden are mostly found in (3)

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Chile and mexico

during the winter the us imports fruits and vegetables from …

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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

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figs, dates, olives, grapes

common crops of Mediterranean agriculture

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italy, greece, spain, North Africa, southwest africa, Southwest asia, southwest australia, california, central chile

mediteranean agriculture regions (9)

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western US, pampas in argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, spain, Portugal, china, australia

livestock ranching regions (8)

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goats and sheep

in transhumance …. are principal because of the rugged terrain

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latin america, sub-saharan africa, southwest asia, central asia, east asia, southeast asia

agricultural hearths (6)

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hunters in central asia

who were likely the first people to domesticate animals?

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protection, work, transportation, food

what were domesticated animals used for? (4)

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French long-lot system

quebec, Lousiana

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westward expansion

in canada and the US what did they promote by gibing farmer 160 yards of land?

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developed, and some semiperphery countries like china, Mexico, and Brazil

commercial is common in…

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mixed crop and livestock farming

animal manure is used to fertilize crops

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Yangtze huang he, indus, nile

which rivers valleys were developed agricultural hearths (4)

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increase in trade

agricultural diffusion led to…

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trade, conquest, larger empires

major agricultural hearths grew into civilizations leading to (3)

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grain, olive oil, wine

agricultural good trader throughout the roman empire were (3)

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europe, northern Africa, southwest asia

three regions linked together by trade in the roman empire were (3)

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rice, silk, grapes

products traded by china were (3)

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90%

the eastern hemisphere brought diseases killing what percent of indigenous people?

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smallpox, influenze, malaria, measles

which diseases did the eastern hemisphere bring (4)

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new world

what is the western hemisphere also known as?

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old world

what is the eastern hemisphere also known as?

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less than 2%

how much of todays labor force in the US is farmers and ranchers

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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

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30%

What percentage of Africas population has been affected by food insecurity?

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50%

Because of intensive practice of raising cattle the global consumption of meat has increase  more than

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mexico

where was dwarf wheat created?

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philipeans

where did Norman bulge make a new strain of rice?

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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

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location theory

shopping, restaurants, factories, agriculture, etc.

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soil salinization

loss of wetlands to rice farming in Laos southeast Asia

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pollution

toxic algae bloom growth in water due to agricultural runoff

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desertification

west African state of Burkina faso

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terrace farming

east asia to grow rice, South America to grow potatoes and corn, northern africa to grow fruit and olive trees

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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

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decline in small family farms, large commercial farms, expansion of farmland in wetlands and forest

biggest changes in agricultural landscape recently (3)

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vertical integration

ownership by a large commercial farm of a research h and development company that improves seeds

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commodity chain

corn using feritilzers, fertile land, harvesting, storage, processing, then being sold

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value-added crops

organic products, tropical foods, grass-fed beef, free-range chicken and eggs

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70

what percent do women makeup of the agricultural labor force?

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20-30

what is the percent of crop gap between male and female run farms?