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AP Human Geography

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show the physical arrangement of the Earth's surface  
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show the average pattern of weather over a 30-year period in a specific region  
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show a climate located along the equator that experiences rain every day of the year  
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monsoon   show
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Mediterranean climate   show
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show crop cultivation and livestock raising that use high levels of labor and capital relative to the size of land used  
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show crop cultivation and livestock raising that require little hired labor or monetary investment, but large tracts of land  
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show food production primarily consumed by the farming family and local community  
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Commercial farming   show
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Market gardening   show
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show market gardening with more acreage, less diversity, for sale in distant markets requiring transportation systems  
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show large landholding devoted to capital intensive, specialized production of a single tropical or subtropical crop for the global marketplace  
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Mixed crop/livestock agriculture   show
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Root crops   show
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show a crop sold for profit, such as tea, coffee, cotton, sugar, tobacco  
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Feedlot   show
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dairy farming   show
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Shifting cultivation   show
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show the practice of planting multiple crops together in the same area  
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show system of breeding livestock such as cattle, sheep, goats, by following the seasonal rainfalls to areas of open pastoral lands  
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Tundra   show
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show a round or square like structure that stores grains and feed awaiting transportation to markets  
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Linear settlement patterns   show
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show system that uses natural features like trees, boulders, and streams to delineate property boundaries  
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Township and Range   show
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Long-lot   show
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Hearth   show
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Columbian Exchange   show
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2nd Agricultural Revolution   show
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Green Revolution   show
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show designed to kill or control the growth of weeds  
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show designed to kill or repel crop-destroying insects or animals  
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crossbreeding   show
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hybrid   show
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multicropping   show
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negative consequences of the Green Revolution   show
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impact on labor of the Green Revolution   show
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soil salinization   show
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show the concept that the demand and price for land is higher close to the CBD and decreases with distance  
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show the land, machinery, fertilizers, and pesticides and seeds needed to start/maintain a business in agriculture  
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show the cultivation of a single crop on extensive tracts of land  
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Agriculture Co-op   show
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show a primary product that can be bought and sold such as rice, coffee , milk  
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show series of linking industries that include production, transportation, and consumption of a product  
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show a large corporation that provides a vast array of goods and services in the agriculture industry  
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show model of rings that combine the Bid-Rent theory with transportation costs to explain what types of agriculture are practiced at each stage- has become less accurate with improvements in transportation over time  
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show agribusiness organized at the global scale that includes all aspects of agriculture: growing, harvesting, processing, transporting, marketing, and consuming food  
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Subsidies   show
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