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APHG Ch 10 Key Terms
Agriculture-From "An Intro. to Human Geography" AP Edition: James M. Rubenstein
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The system of commercial farming in the United States and other relatively developed countries where agriculture is integrated into the overall process of food production. | Agribusiness |
| Reproduction of plants by direct cloning from existing plants, such as cutting stems and dividing roots | Vegetative Planting |
| Crops in Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma that are planted in the fall and harvested in the early summer | Winter Wheat |
| A large farm that specializes in one or two crops. They are usually located in LDCs but owned by companies headquartered in MDCs. | Plantation |
| When farmland has been exhausted by overuse or erosion to the point it is depleted of nutrients | Desertification |
| Seasonal migration of livestock from between mountains and low-land pasture areas. | Transhumance |
| The commercial grazing of livestock | Ranching |
| Agricultural practices that preserve and enhance environmental quality. | Sustainable Agriculture |
| A sustainable agriculture method that protects soil through planting crops in raised rows 4 to 8 inches apart. | Ridge Tillage |
| Growing of fruits, vegetables and flowers. | Horticulture |
| The reproduction of plants through annual planting of seeds that result from sexual fertilization | Seed Agriculture |
| A form of subsistence agriculture based on the herding of domesticated animals. | Pastoral Nomadism |
| The practice of planting rice on dry land in a nursery and then moving the seedlings to a flooded field to promote growth. | Wet Rice |
| The Austronesian word (spoken in Indonesia) that refers to a flooded field where rice is grown. | Sawah |
| The type of agriculture that feeds nearly three-fourths of the world's population. This method requires greater energy and resources to produce more food from less land. | Intensive Subsistence Agriculture |
| Grain that is planted in the spring and harvested in the late summer; usually in Montana, the Dakotas and southern Canada. | Spring Wheat |
| A practice employed in Asia to produce more food on smaller plots of land. | Double Cropping |
| The ring surrounding a city from which milk can be supplied without spoiling. | Milkshed |
| An area cleared for shifting cultivation | Swidden |
| The practice of changing what is grown in fields from year to year to avoid exhausting the soil. | Crop Rotation |
| Farmers clear land for planting by cutting down vegetation and burning the debris. | Slash and Burn Agriculture |
| A type of agriculture in humid low-latitude climate regions where farmers clear land for planting, grow crops until nutrients are depleted and the leave if fallow for many years. | Shifting Cultivation |
| A type of farming named after the Middle English word for bartering. It sells mainly fruits and vegetables such as apples, aparagus, cherries, lettuce and tomatoes. | Truck Farming |
| The production of food primarily for sale off the farm. | Commercial Agriculture |
| A dramatic increase in crop yields beginning in the 1970's through the development of hybrid seeds and expanded use of fertilizers. | Green Revolution |
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