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Climates

average or aggregate of daily weather conditions over a period of years

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Intensive farming practices

type of agriculture in which large amounts of labor and capital are used to produce high yields of crops

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Market gardening

commercial gardening that enormous amounts of fruits and vegetables are grown to be grown for profit

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Plantation agriculture

The raising of domesticated animals for the production of meat and other byproducts

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Mixed crop/livestock system

The crops are grown to feed the animals, and the animals' manure is used to fertilize the crops

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Extensive farming practices

agricultural system characterized by low inputs of labor per unit land area

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Shifting cultivation

practice of farming by clearing land for farming by slashing vegetation and burning debris

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Nomadic herding

way of life where families move along with their herds according to the seasons and rely on their animals for food, shelter and clothing. (Red River with John Wayne)

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Ranching

raising herds of animals on large tracts of land (farming but with animals)

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Clustered

A rural settlement in which the houses and farm buildings of each family are situated close to each other's fields and surround the settlement

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Dispersed

A rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages

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Linear

Linear settlements are settlements where the buildings are constructed in lines

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Rural settlement patterns

Clustered, dispersed, linear

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Rural survey methods

long lot, metes and bounds, township and range

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Metes and bounds

Defines the boundaries of a piece of land based on the physical landscape, directions, and distances Metes = a specific, measured boundary Bounds = a general boundary (waterways, walls, existing buildings, etc.)

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Township and range

Land is divided into six-mile square blocks (townships) and divided again into one-mile square blocks (range)

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Long lot

Land is divided into narrow lots perpendicular to a river, road, or canal

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Hearths of domestication

areas where different plants or animals were domesticated at about the same time during the first agricultural revolution

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Columbian exchange

widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, human populations, communicable diseases, technology and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres

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Agricultural revolution

NEOLITHIC REVOLUTON: remarkable gradual change in human history from nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers to agricultural settlements. This is also meant that groups grew in size thus, is a marker of early civilization. First Agricultural Revolution Time period

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Second Agricultural revolution

EAST-WEST LINE: An east-west line designated under the Land Ordinance of 1785 to facilitate the surveying and numbering of townships in the United States!

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Third Agricultural revolution (Green Revolution)

GREEN REVOLUTION: paved the way for more modern farming

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Agricultural production regions

parts of the world where food is grown

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Subsistence farming

Farming for the purpose of survival for the farm owner's family

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Commercial farming

Farming for the purpose of making profit of the farm owner's crops

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Monocropping

growing of a single crop over and over on the same piece of land

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Monoculture

practice of growing one species or variety of plant within a given area

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Bid-rent theory

Land/property/rental unit costs increase the closer one gets to a city's central business district.

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Commodity chains

organized network of labor and production processes

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Carrying capacity

the amount an area of land can hold until it starts to decrease in wellness

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Von Thunen's Model

attempts to differentiate between land use patterns based on the different scales of agricultural production

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Global supply chain

production, distribution and consumption

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Export commodity

substances or goods that are produced in one country, then shipped to others for distribution and sale abroad

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Global food distribution networks

sequence of processes to fulfill the demand for food,

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Land cover change

denotes a change in certain continuous characteristics of the land such as vegetation type, soil properties, and so on

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Desertification

degradation of land

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Soil salinization

the ability of soils to hold saltwater

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Slash and burn

burning trees to clear land- degradation of land

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Terraces

flat or gently sloping geomorphic surface, called a tread

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Deforestation

destruction of forest or forested areas by human or natural

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Irrigation

man-made system whereby water is spread from its natural source (such as a lake or river) over a much larger geographic range to aid in agricultural production

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Pastoral nomadism

Herding of domestic animals

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GMOs

Genetically Modified Organism

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Aquaculture

Cultivation of aquatic plants for food

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Urban farming

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CSA

Community Supported Agriculture

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Value added specialty crops

crop that has been processed in some way to increase its value

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Fair trade

agreement between a less developed country with a more developed country

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Local-food movements

movement which aim to connect food producers and food consumers in the same geographic region

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Food insecurity

Lack of access to food and nutrition

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Food deserts

areas with little or no access to healthy and affordable food or limited or no access to fresh fruits and vegetables

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Suburbanization

growth of cities outside of an urban area

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Swidden

Shifting cultivation

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Plant domestication

hereditary restructuring of wild plants into domestic and cultivated forms in response to human needs

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Milk shed

dairy farm where milk is supplied without spoiling

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Transhumance

form of pastoralism or nomadism organized around the migration of livestock between mountain pastures in warm seasons and lower altitudes the rest of the year

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Intercropping

the cultivation or two or more crops in combination in the same field at the same time

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Subsidy

a direct or indirect payment, economic concession, or privilege granted by a government to private firms, households, or other governmental units in order to promote a public objective

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Blue Revolution

significant growth and intensification of global aquaculture production

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