Agriculture, Food Production, and Rural Land Use

What revolution moved agriculture beyond subsistence to feed thousands (commercial)

What was the revolution where technology was used to manipulate seeds & increase crop yeilds

All of the following are characteristics of intensive agriculture except...

Service industries that connect producers to consumers & facilitate commerce & trade are called

Production of crops w/o the use of synthetic/industrially produced pesticides is called

What region/country is planation farming NOT commonly found in?

In what regions/countries does Mediterranean Agriculture occur?

What agricultural revolution dates back 10,000 years & achieved plant and animal domestication

what is the process of cutting off the stem of another plant or dividing up roots of a plant?

Large scale farming & ranching w/ big land bases,mechanized equipment & labor forces is called?

What kind of land ownership system imposes a rigid grid like pattern on the land?

In the Middle Ages most farmers worked their land to feed their families using what system

all of the following are characteristics of extensive agriculture except...

Where is the dispersed/linear village commonly found?

What type of crop is produced for commercial value instead of for use by the grower?

What is the type of agriculture where cultivation of crops are turned into illegal drugs?

Farming based on an estate owned by an individual family/corporation & produces cash crops is?

What type of village has individual farmhouses far apart and uses machine rather than hand?

What type of village form is found in East Africa and Eastern Europe?

True or False: Genetically Modified Organisms are found in 75% of processed foods in the U.S

what revolution is also known as the "Green Revolution?"

What are activities that take a primary product and change it into something else like toys etc

What is the genetic modification of animals such that is rendered amenable to human control?

What is specialized farming that occurs only in areas with dry summer mediterranean climates?

What economic activity involves the extraction of economically valuable products from the earth

Areas with limited access to fresh, nutritious foods are called _______________.

T/F: Agriculture is the tending of crops and livestock to produce food, feed, fiber and fuel

What type of village is characterized by groupings of houses in tiny clusters called villages?

True or False: Food deserts are areas found in only hot, dry climates.

Which of the following is commercial farming

Where is rectangular survey system common?

What is self sufficient agriculture that is small scale,low tech & emphasizes local consumption

type of farming that grows only enough food to survive- norm throughout human history

What survey system of land parcels land west of the Appalachian Mountains?