AP human geography unit 5

What is grown in the cold-mid latitude climate

Wheat, barley, and livestock

Where is the cold-mid latitude climate

Southern Canada and eastern Europe

What is grown in the warm-mid latitude climate

Fruits, vegtables, and rice

Where is the warm-mid latitude climate

Southern China and Southern US

What is grown in the Mediterranean climate

Grapes, olives, dates etc

Where is the Mediterranean climate

California and Mediterranean sea region

What is grown in a tropical climate

Coffee, sugar, and tea

Example of tropical climate

Indonesia

What is grown in the steppe climate

Cattle ranching, sheep, horses, camels, goats

Where is steppe climate mostly

Western US, Mongolia, and Northern Africa

traits of intensive agricultural practices

Less land, more capitol, more labor

Types of intensive agriculture

plantation agriculture, mixed crop and livestock, and market gardening

plantation agriculture

found in less developed countries and former colonies because of cheap labor

Where are cash crops grown

In less developed countries but sold to more developed countries

Crops in plantation agriculture

Sugar, coffee, tobacco, and tea

Mixed crop and livestock agriculture

Found in more developed countries

What is grown in Mixed crop and livestock agriculture

Corn and soy for fattening animals

Market gardening is also known as what

Truck farming

Where is market gardening/truck farming located

Places with longer growing seasons like the SE US

Who farms market gardening/truck farming

Migrant laborers

Extensive agriculture practices

More land, hand labor, less capital, low yield

Examples of extensive agriculture

Shifting cultivation, nomadic herding, ranching

Where is shifting cultivation located

Tropical climates such as Latin America, SUBSAHARAN AFRICA, and SE Asia

Where is nomadic herding located

Central Asia, Southwest Asia, and North africa

Where is ranching located

Away from urban centers because it requires a lot of land

Where do linear settlements occur

Road, river, etc

Why are metes and bounds used

For short distances

What are metes and bounds based on

Key geographical features of a place

What are metes

Straight lines that connect different points of a geographic area

What are bounds

The key geographic features of an area

What is long lots

Land divided into equal parcels along a transportation system

What is township and range

Uses longitude and latitude and a base line

What direction is township

North and south

What direction is range

West to east

Identify the survey method in the image above.

metes and boundss

Identify the survey method in the image above.

long lot

Identify the survey method in the image above.

township and range

What is the fertile crescent

Where sedentary agriculture began

What was grown in the fertile crescent

Wheat, barley, and oats

What was grown in Sub-Saharan Africa

Yams, coffee, and sorghum

What was grown in southeast asia

Coconuts and mangos

What was grown in east asia

Rice and soybeans

What was grown in central america

Maize, potatos, squash, and peppers

What was the first agricultural revolution known as

Neolithic revolution

What was the first agricultural revolution

The shift from nomadic lifestyles to sedentary

Where was the first agricultural revolution

Fertile crescent

Where did the second agricultural revolution happen

Great britain

What is the main idea of the second agricultural revolution

New inventions made production easier

What is the third agricultural revolution also called

Green revolution

What was the green revolution

Utilized GMOS, advancements in fertilizers and pesticides, and hybrid plants

What is a gmo

genetically modified organism

Are GMOs bad?

Not nessecarily

What is the bid-rent theory

As you move further away from the urban city the price of land go down

Monocropping

farmers grow the same crop each year

Monoculture

Farmers grow one crop at a time but switch crop after every harvest

What are the assumptions of the Von Thunen Model

The physical environment is flat, there is one single market, all land has equal access to that market, farmers want to maximize their profits, and all farmers are commercial farmers

1st ring of von thunen model

Dairy farming and market gardening (perishable goods)

2nd ring of von thunen model

Forests

3rd ring of von thunen model

Grains and field crops (cheap to transports and bid rent)

4th ring of von thunen model

Ranching and livestock (needs a lot of land)

Why is the 4th ring ranching if meat is perishable

Bc cows can walk themselves to the slaughterhouses which are closer to urban centers

5th ring of von thunen model

Wilderness

soil salinization

Excessive amount of salt in soil