AP Human Geography Chapter 10 Agriculture

The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain.

A grass yielding grain for food.

<p>Husks of grain separated from the seed by threshing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reaps, threshes, and cleans grain while moving over a field.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Grain or fruit gathered from a field as a harvest during a particular season.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year, to avoid exhausting the soil.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily due to human activities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Harvesting twice a year from the same field.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Seed of a cereal grass.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield seeds and fertilizers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The outer covering of a seed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of subsistence agriculture requiring significant effort to maximize yield.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Malay word for wet rice, commonly used to describe a sawah.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Grass or other plants grown for feeding grazing animals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A large farm in tropical and subtropical climates focused on one or two crops for sale.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The most productive farmland.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of commercial agriculture in which livestock graze over extensive areas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cuts cereal grain standing in the field.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Planting crops on ridge tops to reduce costs and promote soil conservation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A flooded field for growing rice.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of subsistence agriculture where people shift from one field to another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A farming method that clears fields by slashing vegetation and burning debris.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Wheat planted in the spring and harvested in late summer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Farming methods that preserve long-term productivity and minimize pollution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A patch of land cleared for planting through slashing and burning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To beat out grain from stalks by trampling it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Commercial gardening and fruit farming.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rice planted on dry land in a nursery and then moved to flooded fields.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To remove chaff by allowing it to be blown away by the wind.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Wheat planted in the fall and harvested in the summer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process where farms become part of a vertically organized industrial process.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The pattern of agricultural land use in terms of accessibility, costs, distance, and prices.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of domestication of plants by nomadic peoples.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The taming of animals through generations of breeding for close association with humans.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The cultivation of aquatic plants and animals for food.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A technology that uses living organisms to modify products.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The raising of livestock for dairy products such as milk, cheese, and butter.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any action that relates to the making, buying, and selling of goods and services.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The introduction of manmade chemicals and practices affecting soil and vegetation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The mass production of farm products that lowers prices and profits for farmers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A plot of ground on which livestock are fattened for market.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>12,000 years ago, marked by plant and animal domestication.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Manipulating genes of living things to instill desirable traits.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Time of year that farmers can grow and harvest their crops.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hunting for meat and gathering edible produce while traveling frequently.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The small-scale production of fruits, vegetables, and flowers as cash crops.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Deliberate tending of crops to gain desirable attributes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cash crops grown on large estates, primarily in tropical LDCs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Defined cultural landscape, highlighting the relationship between culture and nature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Occurred during the late Middle Ages alongside the Industrial Revolution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reproduction of plants through annual introduction of seeds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Farming found in warm, humid areas producing diverse fruits.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A basic food grain used frequently and in large amounts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An American commercial farm without permanent residents.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Currently in progress, focused on genetically modified organisms (GMOs).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reproduction of plants by direct cloning of existing plants.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Wrote 'The Isolated State,' foundational to location theory.</p> Signup and view all the answers