Unit 5 APHUG Review

An agricultural system characterized by low inputs of labor per unit land area.

An agricultural model that spatially describes agricultural activity in terms of rent.

Cultivation done in tropical climates where the vegetation is cut close to the ground and then set on fire.

A part of the sustainability movement that rejects or severely limits the use of pesticides, and other additives.

Loss of the top fertile layer of soil is depleted through erosion.

Labor intensive goods use human labor in large abundance to produce a given amount of output.

Process of urban areas expanding outward, usually in the form of suburbs, and developing over fertile agricultural land.

Forcing smaller plots of land to produce greater crop yields.

When the government controls the agricultural production and distribution.

This replaced human labor with new agricultural technologies, allowing farmers to produce more crops with less work. 

Land that is prepared for agriculture by using the slash and burn method.

Agricultural industry based on raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter.

Crops produced in developing countries for export.

Form of commercial livestock production where livestock is raised and allowed to graze on large plots of land.

A form of corporate organization in which one firm controls multiple aspects of phases of a commodity chain.

Any farm economy in which most crops are grown for nearly exclusive family or local consumption.

An agricultural activity associated with the raising of domesticated animals, such as cattle, horses, sheep, and goats.

The development of higher-yield and fast-growing crops to alleviate the problem of food supply in regions of the globe.

An agricultural activity involving the raising of livestock, for dairy products such as milk, cheese, and butter.

The conscious manipulation of plant and animal species by humans in order to sustain themselves.

The second pivotal moment in agricultural history. It began in the late 1700s in England and rapidly spread.

Places where livestock are concentrated in a very small area and raised on hormones and grains; more rapid than grazing.

Form of agriculture that uses mechanical goods to produce large amounts of agricultural goods.

A form of technology that uses living organisms, usually genes, to modify products, to make or modify plants and animals

Large, most likely foreign-owned place that grows one kind of crop for export. 

A set of practices by which societies can ensure that the future populations have the same access to resources as today.

Soil in arid areas is brought under cultivation through irrigation.

The set of economic and political relationships that organize food production for commercial purposes.

The cultivation or farming (in controlled conditions) of aquatic species, such as fish.

Practiced in the Mediterranean-style climates of Western Europe, California, and portions of Chile and Australia.

Foods that are mostly products of organisms that have had their genes altered in a laboratory for specific purposes.

All humans were involved in this practice before crops were domesticated.

Using chemicals on plants to kill pests to help the livelihood of the plant.

The movements of livestock according to seasonal patterns; lowland areas in the winter, and Highland areas in the summer

A form of corporate organization where several branches of a company or several commonly owned companies work together.

A system of process that gather resources, convert them into goods, package them, disperse them, and sell them.

People's ability to access sufficient safe nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life.

All agricultural activity generated for the purpose of selling, not necessarily for local consumption.

The art and science of producing food from the land and tending livestock for the purpose of human consumption.

Area located in the crescent-shaped zone near the Mediterranean coast which was one of the first hearths of agriculture.

The process by which formerly fertile lands become increasingly arid, unproductive, and desert-like.