1. Models & Theories Commercial Ag Subsistence Ag Vocab Potluck 10 pt
Eleanor M. Savko
Models & Theories
Commercial Ag
Subsistence Ag
8/23/2018
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4. “A portion of each crop is eaten by the wheels”

5. Who is Von Thunen?

6. Out of beef, firewood, and milk, which would be closest to the market town according to Von Thunen’s Model?

7. What is milk?

8. Forestry = what type of economic activity

9. What is primary?

10. This type of survey pattern is often found in Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta region

11. What is (are) longlots?

12. The ____ Thesis argues that rising population levels will intensify agricultural production, even on lands once considered unsuitable

13. What is the Boserup Thesis?

14. Grain raised in the U.S. today is primarily used as:

15. What is livestock feed?

16. Raising fruits/vegetables for sale in urban markets instead of for processing:

17. What is Truck Farming?

18. Crops like sugarcane and cotton are usually grown here:

19. What are plantations?

20. In the U. S. many farms are integrated into a large food industry
In the U.S. many farms are integrated into a large food industry. This is referred to as:

21. What is agribusiness?

22. Coffee’s origins are in Ethiopia; 70% of production today is in this region:

23. What is Middle/South America?

24. Form of subsistence agriculture in which fields are rotated/moved after short periods of production

25. What is shifting cultivation?

26. The largest proportion of farmers in this continent practice intensive subsistence agriculture.

27. What is Asia?

28. Cultivation of ___ in SE Asia is largely a subsistence activity.

29. What is rice?

30. The unique way in which each culture uses its physical environment to provide life necessities:

31. What are adaptive strategies?

32. Cultivating plans by cutting stems & dividing roots

33. What is vegetative planting?

34. Production of agricultural products for direct consumption by the producer:

35. What is subsistence agriculture?

36. Overgrazing of pasture areas in arid climates has caused this environmental problem:

37. What is desertification?

38. Rectangular land divisions; common in the western parts of the U.S.

39. What is Township and Range?

40. Seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures

41. What is transhumance?

42. Many African houses are constructed using this method/material

43. What is wattle?

44. Name 2 things that came from the New World to Europe in the Columbian Exchange:

45. Answers COULD include: tomatoes; potatoes; corn; turkey; pumpkin; etc…

46. Region of ancient civilizations spanning the Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys

47. What is the Fertile Crescent?

48. 1st domesticated animals ever were probably these two; name 1

49. What is sheep; cattle

50. Second Agricultural Revolution took place in these two centuries (in Europe)

51. What are the 18th and 19th ?

52. Which geographer created maps of early plant and animal domestication centers?

53. Who is Carl Sauer?

54. Final Jeopardy
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55. Name TWO of the four crops that account for nearly all of the global biotech crop area

56. Soybeans Corn Cotton Canola