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Haley ClaunchTessa Drews
Alexandra Nelson
Chapter 7 Agriculture and Rural Geography
•Historical Geography of Agriculture
•Geography of Modern Agriculture
•Agriculture and the Environment
Main Topics
• Agribusiness• Agriculture• Animal husbandry• Biotechnology• Capital-intensive agriculture• Commercial agricultural economy• Dairying• Desertification• Domestication• Extensive agriculture• Feedlots• Fertile Crescent• Genetically modified organisms• Green Revolution• Hunting and gathering• Industrial Revolution• Intensive cultivation• Labor-intensive agriculture
Terms to know
• Livestock ranching• Mechanization• Mediterranean agriculture• Pastoralism• Pesticides• Planned agricultural economy• Plantations• Salinization• Shifting cultivation• Slash-and-burn agriculture• Specialty crops• Subsistence agricultural economy• Swidden• Topsoil loss• Transhumance• Urban sprawl• Von Thunen model
Terms continued…
•http://www.missmaggie.org/geospy_files/geospy.html
•Http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/Controller.jpf
•http://www.studystack.com/
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Quiz Show
What are the three sectors of primary economic activities and which sector does agriculture belong in?
The primary, secondary and tertiary sectorAgriculture belongs in the primary sector
TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?
Agriculture is the deliberate tending of crops and livestock in order to produce food and fiber.
TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?
One of the major migrations involved with agriculture was early Asia to Australia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa
What are the changes that resulted from the Neolithic revolution?Increase of reliable food supplies, rapid
increase in total human population, job specialization, widening of gender differences, development of distinction between settled people and nomads
TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?
According to Carl Sauer, the earliest form of plant cultivation was seed agriculture
When and where did the second agricultural revolution begin?
Began in western Europe in the 1600’s
It intensified agriculture by promoting higher yields per acre and per farmer
Farmers in less developed countries usually produce food through what type of agriculture?
Subsistence agriculture
Shifting Cultivation
Specialty Crops
Swidden
Transhumance
Urban Sprawl
The process of urban areas expanding outwards, usually in the form of suburbs, and developing over fertile lands
Land that is prepared for agriculture by using the slash-and-burn method
The use of tropical forest clearings for crop production until their fertility is lost
Crops including items like peanuts and pineapples which are produced in developing countries for export
The process of urban areas expanding outwards, usually in the form of suburbs, and developing over fertile agricultural
land
Agriculture and Rural Geography
In what ways can subsistence agriculture and commercial agriculture be compared?
Percentage of farmers in the labor force, use of machinery, farm size
TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?
The sub regions for subsistence farming include intensive subsistence, shifting cultivation and pastoral nomadism
What are the sub regions for commercial agriculture?Mixed crop and livestock farming, dairy
farming, grain farming, livestock ranching, Mediterranean agriculture, commercial gardening and fruit farming, plantation farming
TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?
Von Thunen identified market gardening and dairy, forest, field crops and animal grazing as the four rings that surround market centers
What are the two main patterns of settlement?
Dispersed settlement pattern, nucleated settlement pattern
TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?
The different building materials for houses include wood, brick, stone, wattle, thatch and sod
agriculture
Animal husbandry
biotechnology
Capital intensive agriculture
Commercial agricultural economy
All agricultural activity generated for the purpose of selling
A form of technology that uses living organisms to modify products or for other purposes
Art and science of producing food from the land and tending livestock for human consumption
Agricultural activities associated with the raising of domesticated animals such as cattle, horses, sheep and
goats
Form of agriculture that uses mechanical goods to produce large amounts of agricultural goods
Agriculture and Rural Geography
TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?
The village forms include round villages, walled villages, grid villages, linear villages, and cluster villages
When did the third agricultural revolution begin and is this still occurring today?
It began in the 20th century and is still going on today in the form of industrial agriculture
Desertification
Domestication
Extensive Agriculture
Feedlots
Green Revolution
The development of higher yield crops through increased technology, pesticides, and fertilizers for specific
reasons
A system characterized by low inputs of labor per unit land area
The process by which formerly fertile lands become increasingly arid and desert-like
The conscious manipulation of plant and animal species by humans in order to sustain themselves
Places where livestock are concentrated in very small areas and raised on hormones and hearty grains
Agriculture and Rural Geography
What are some environmental impacts of modern agriculture?Erosion, changes in the organic content of soil,
depletion of natural vegetation, presence of chemicals in soils and groundwater
What are some of the strategies used to ensure and improve the production and distribution of adequate food products around the world?
Expansion of agricultural land, increase in land productivity, identification of new food sources, improved distribution of food
Intensive Cultivation
Labor-intensive Agriculture
Livestock Ranching
Pastoralism
Planned Agricultural Economy
An economy found in communist nations in which the government controls both agricultural production and
distribution
Agricultural activity that involves the raising of livestock over vast geographic space
Any agricultural activity that involves effective and efficient use of labor on small plots of land
Agriculture that requires large levels of manual labor to be successful
Agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter
Agriculture and Rural Geography
Works Cited
"Flashcards." Flashcards. Web. 16 May 2012. <http://www.studystack.com/>.
"Geospy." Geospy. Web. 16 May 2012. <http://www.missmaggie.org/geospy_files/geospy.html>.