Studied by 17 peopleWhat 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
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