AP Flashcards

9624416431	Agrarian	People or societies that are farmer	0
9624416432	Agribusiness	a large-scale farming enterprise	1
9624416433	Agricultural Industrialization	The use of machinery in agriculture, like tractors ext.	2
9624416434	agriculture	farming	3
9624416435	animal domestication	genetic modification of an animal such that it is rendered more amenable to human control	4
9624416436	Aquaculture	Raising marine and freshwater fish in ponds and underwater cages	5
9624416437	Biorevolution	The revolution of biotechnology and the use of it in societies.	6
9624416438	Biotechnology	The manipulation of living organisms or their components to produce useful products.	7
9624416439	Cereal Grain	A grass yielding grain for food.	8
9624416440	Chemical Farming	Increased use of fertilizers with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.	9
9624416441	Commercial Agriculture	Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm.	10
9624416442	crop rotation	the system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land	11
9624416443	Cultivation regions	regions in which large amounts of agriculture take place	12
9624416444	Dairying	The "farming" and sale/distribution of milk and milk products.	13
9624416445	debt for nature swap	Forgiveness of international debt in exchange for nature protection in developing countries	14
9624416446	Desertification	The process by which formerly fertile lands become increasingly arid, unproductive, and desert-like.	15
9624416447	double cropping	harvesting twice a year from the same field	16
9624416448	Environmental Modification	The use of pesticides, soil erosion, desertification, etc.	17
9624416449	Feedlot	a plot of land on which livestock are fattened for market	18
9624416450	food manufacturing	the green revolution has increased production to avoid widespread famine	19
9624416451	food security	The ability of individuals to obtain sufficient food on a day-to-day basis	20
9624416452	forestry	the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber	21
9624416453	Globalized Agriculture	Diffusion of agriculture across the globe.	22
9624416454	Green Revolution	Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield seeds and fertilizers.	23
9624416455	growing season	the time of year when it is warm enough for plants to grow	24
9624416456	hunting and gathering	the use of simple tools to hunt animals and gather vegetation for food	25
9624416457	horticultural	Growing fruits and vegetables and flowers	26
9624416458	intensive subsistence agriculture	expenditure of much labor and capitol to increase agricultural productivity	27
9624416459	livestock ranching	the raising of domesticated animals for the produciton of meat and byproducts (leather, wool)	28
9624416460	market gardening	the growing of vegetables or flowers for market	29
9624416461	Milkshed	The area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied.	30
9624416462	Mechanization	In agriculture, the replacement of human labor with technology or machines.	31
9624416463	mining	the excavation of the earth for the purpose of extracting ore or minerals	32
9624416464	nomadic herding	migratory but controlled movement of livestock solely dependent on natural forage	33
9624416465	Non renewable resources	a resource that cannot be reused or replaced easily (ex. gems, iron, copper, fossil fuels)	34
9624416466	Paddy	Malay word for wet rice, commonly but incorrectly used to describe a sawah.	35
9624416467	planned economy	an economic system directed by government agencies	36
9624416468	plantation	large estate farmed by many workers	37
9624416469	renewable resource	A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed	38
9624416470	Ridge Tillage	system of planting crops on ridge tops to reduce farm production costs; promotes soil conservationists	39
9624416471	Rural settlement	Sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities	40
9624416472	Sawah	A flooded field for growing rice	41
9624416473	shifting cultivation	clearing forests to plant fields for a few years and then abandoning them	42
9624416474	slash and burn agriculture	a farming technique in which trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land	43
9624416475	Staple grains	A type of edible grain, usually wheat or corn, on which a group of people are dependent	44
9624416476	Substance agriculture	Growing only enough food to feed oneself and one's family	45
9624416477	sustainable agriculture	Long-term productive farming methods that are environmentally safe.	46
9624416478	suitcase farm	an american commercial grain agriculture, a farm on which no one lives	47
9624416479	sustainable yield	an amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply	48
9624416480	Swidden	A patch of land cleared for planting through slashing and burning.	49
9624416481	tragedy of the commons	a situation in which group members overexploit a common resource, causing its destruction	50
9624416482	Transhumance	pastoral practice of seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pasture areas.	51
9624416483	Truck farm	Commercial gardening and fruit farming	52
9624416484	Undernourishment	Amount of food is less than what can sustain life	53