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Human Geo Unit 6

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  • Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm
    Commercial agriculture
  • What regions of the world import the most food?
    African countries; Eastern Hemisphere
  • Why did von Thunen develop his agricultural model?
    To lower transportation costs
  • How can deforestation from shifting cultivation harm humans?
    Hurts the environment, soil erosion, lack of shelter
  • The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering
    Agricultural Revolution
  • What agricultural crop type would you expect to find being grown in areas near the Equator?
    Plantation cash crops
  • What has become the main reason why people lack access to healthy food in the 21st century?
    Food prices going up
  • The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock
    Agriculture
  • What form of farming would be negatively affected by falling cash crop prices?
    Plantation farming
  • How did the 1st Agricultural Revolution affect human development?
    Invented farming AND cities
  • How have GMO affected the supply of grain crops around the world?
    It has increased yield (production)
  • What kind of tools would you expect to find a person practicing intensive subsistence farming using?
    Hand tools, animal pulled plow
  • Physical, social, and economic access at all times to safe and nutritious food
    Food security
  • What form of agriculture has led to a great increase in fish supply without harming wild fish populations?
    Aquaculture
  • What form of agriculture has been largely ended by the rise of agribusinesses?
    Intensive subsistence farming / Family farms
  • Why are overgrazing and deforestation so unsustainable in semi-arid (dry) regions?
    The grass doesn’t grow back → desertification
  • Agriculture designed primarily to provide food for direct consumption by the farmer or his family
    Subsistence agriculture
  • Farming practices that use too much water / land / harm the soil are considered to lack what?
    Sustainability
  • What regions of the world export the most food?
    USA; Western Hemisphere
  • Capturing fish faster than they can reproduce
    Overfishing
  • What causes the various different farming practices around the world to exist?
    The climate / environment
  • How do agricultural subsidies affect farmers?
    Pay farmers and help control crop prices
  • Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology especially new high-yield seeds and fertilizers
    Green Revolution
  • What are the negative effects of shifting cultivation / slash & burn farming?
    Deforestation
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