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Ch 10

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show Deliberate modification of earths surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals to obtain substance/economic gain.  
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Define Crop   show
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What was used before AG?   show
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How many people still hunt and gather today?   show
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Name 3 people and places that still hunt and fish   show
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Name the 5 crop hearths and name a crop from each   show
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show Southwest Asia/ Middle east  
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what are 4 things some animals provide humans?   show
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show Culture preference, level of development, and/or physical conditions.  
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show Sugar  
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show Protein  
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show Meat and Poultry  
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What is the minimum daily calories needed?   show
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What is the US average daily calorie intake?   show
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show 2,780  
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show 2,290  
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show India  
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show Increased  
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What are the 2 basic types of AG?   show
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What type of AG does the US use?   show
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show 1. mixed crop and live stock 2. Dairy  
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What is the average acres of a US farm?   show
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show 1. 5% 2. 75%  
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show 1. 5% 2. 2%  
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We produce ______ food. From 1900 to 2000 farms dropped in # ____% and farmer by ___%. Why?   show
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show commercial  
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Shifting cultivation has what 2 other names?   show
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show Bedouins and Maasai  
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show East Asia and South Asia  
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show Practicing og planting rice on dry land in a nursery and then moving the seedlings to a flooded field to promote growth  
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show Terraud  
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show Commercial Ag. in developing regions that specializes in 1 or 2 crops.  
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Plantations are often owned by who?   show
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Crops grown in Europe and the Americas are primary for what?   show
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show Dairy farming, grain farming, livestock ranching, commercial gardening and fruit farming, and Mediterranean Ag.  
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show The Ring around a city from which milk can be supplied without spoiling.  
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show Dividing the farm into numbers of fields and each field is planted on a planned cycle.  
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In Mixed crop and livestock, what are the 2 main crops?   show
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show wheat  
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Who mainly consumes wheat?   show
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Who is the #1 pork producer?   show
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show US  
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Who is the #1 beef producer?   show
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Commercial gardening and fruit farming is also called what?   show
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show Apples, cherries, lettuce, and tomatoes  
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show California, Chile, SW South Africa, and SW Australia  
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Cultivation of seafood is called what?   show
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____ of ocean fish caught is used for what?   show
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What country produces the most fish?   show
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What are the 4 strategies to increase food supply?   show
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show 1. Norman Borlaug 2. rice 3. green 4. Nobel peace prize  
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show 1. 2% 2. 20%  
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show 1. farmers and encouraged to avoid producing crops that are in excess supply. 2. Government pays farmers when certain commodity prices are low. 3. Government buys surplus production and sells/donates it to foreign governments.  
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show Transportation- little as possible  
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Prior to the Ind. Rev. industry was geographically ___ in ___- based   show
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Home-based Industries that are called what?   show
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What industry was the first to industrialize?   show
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What invention was the most important to development of factories?   show
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show iron  
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New energy source = what?   show
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new type of transportation = what?   show
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show 1. Europe 2. East Asia 3. North America  
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What 2 countries are the next leaders of manufacturing outside of the top 3 regions?   show
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show if cost of transporting the product to the consumers excessed the cost of transporting imputs  
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show 1. Bulk- gaining industry 2. Single-Market 3. Perishable- Product  
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show Iron ore and coal  
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show Pittsburgh  
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Why did US steel mills shift to around lake Eire in the late 1800s?   show
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show more coal was found  
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Why did the US steel mills shift to the East and West coast?   show
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What country produced the most steel in 1980?   show
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What country produces the most steel today?   show
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Why are most vehicles sold in the country they are made in?   show
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10 carmakers control ___% of the worlds final assembly plants   show
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Where is "Auto alley"?   show
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show Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors  
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Where is the Prius made?   show
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Besides pipelines, what are the 4 ways products are transported?   show
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The ____ something is transported, the ____ the cost per mile   show
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show Airplanes  
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show Trucks  
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show A location where transfer among transportation mode is possible  
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On average, how far does your food travel?   show
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Farmers who do commerical AG are in it for what?   show
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Farmers who do Subsistence AG are in it for what?   show
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show Smaller. Machinery= larger farm size.  
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show $10,000 or less  
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Where is shifting cultivation Ag used?   show
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Where is Pastoral Nomadism used?   show
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Pastoral Nomadism = what?   show
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show Double or triple crop  
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show The US  
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show Subsistence Ag  
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show Northern US  
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show 1. Animals 2. Ethenol  
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California is the #1 state for ___ and ____   show
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What are the 2 types of wheat?   show
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show Shipment of parts and materials to arrive at a factory moments before they are needed.  
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Manufactures are trying to eliminate what?   show
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What are 3 disruptions that can result to this delivery method?   show
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show 1. labor 2. land 3. capital  
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Labor cost on average __% of the overall cost of a product   show
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show $30,000 and above  
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show health care, retirement pensions, and other benefits  
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The average worker in a less developed country earns what yearly?   show
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Textile and apparel production is an example of _____ - intensive industry   show
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show Cotton  
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What country produces most of the worlds woven cotton fabric?   show
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2/3 of what are sown in developed countries?   show
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What region of the US lost manufacturing jobs and what regions gained them between 1950-2009?   show
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show required a factory to maintain a so called open shot and prohibits a closed shop  
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show company and a union agree that everyone must join the union to work in the factory  
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show union and a company may not negotiate a contract that requires workers to join a union as a condition of employment  
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show North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)  
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show Brazil, Russia, India, and China  
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When is china's GDP expected to surpass the USA?   show
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What is Americas top 4 most eaten meats?   show
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show Urban farming  
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T/F: The US has more aired-able land than any other   show
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show True  
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show It makes them a military target  
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show West to East  
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Masabi= what   show
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show most of the work  
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What are the top 4 countries that makes the most stuff?   show
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Trump is trying to renegotiate what?   show
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