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12883057043	makes up a large % of the labor force in LDC's	subsistence agriculture	0
12883057044	POSITIVE impact on the environment from shifting cultivation	decreasing water supply	1
12883057045	NEGATIVE impacts on the environment from shifting cultivation	deforestation, loss of native species, air pollution caused by field burning	2
12883057046	which type of agriculture is found predominantly in MDC's	livestock ranching	3
12883057047	which type of agriculture is most likely practiced in the midwest region	grain	4
12883057048	POSITIVE environmental impact caused by Livestock Ranching	soil quality impacted by erosion	5
12883057049	NEGATIVE environmental impacts caused by Livestock Ranching	deforestation, biodiversity loss, land degradation	6
12883057050	main advantage of double cropping for farmers in South China	it increases crop yields	7
12883057051	NOT a characteristic of growing wet rice in Asia	preparing the fields with heavy machinery	8
12883057052	characteristics of growing wet rice in Asia	preparing the fields with a plow drawn by animals, growing seedlings in a nursery and transplanting then to a flooded field, flooding the plowed field	9
12883057053	type of agriculture practiced in southern Africa	shifting cultivation	10
12883057054	makes products that are NOT consumed until after processing	commercial agriculture	11
12883057055	what type of agriculture is practiced around Vietnam	intensive subsistence	12
12883057056	what type of agriculture is practiced in northern Africa	pastoral nomadism	13
12883057057	type of agriculture practiced in Wisconsin	dairying	14
12883057058	based on their market value in MDC's, farmers in LDC's often choose to grow...	drug crops	15
12883057059	factors that cause unique agricultural practices to arise in particular regions of the world	climate, level of development, cultural preferences	16
12883057060	POSITIVE environmental impact caused by grain farming	over abundance of insects in the ecosystem caused by crop types preferences	17
12883057061	where would u most likely find commercial gardening	Florida	18
12883057062	the 2 leading producers of soybeans in South America are...	Brazil and Argentina	19
12883057063	associated with agribusiness	commercial agriculture	20
12883057064	where would u most likely find Mediterranean agriculture	California	21
12883057065	subsistence agriculture utilizes the practices of	sensitive land management, true integration of crops and livestock, limited use of chemicals	22
12883057066	subsistence agriculture DOESN'T utilize the practice of	round-up ready seeds	23
12883057067	preserves soil fertility	crop rotation and leaving the field fallow	24
12883057068	agriculture made up of large farms that r typically family owned	commercial agriculture	25
12883057069	agriculture that relies on machinery and technology to increase yields	commercial agriculture	26
12883057070	agriculture that rarely produces a surplus	subsistence agriculture	27
12883057071	agriculture that would be most susceptible to changes in climate	subsistence agriculture	28
12883057072	POSITIVE environmental impact made through wet rice intensive agriculture	soil erosion decreasing surface area available for crop growth	29
12883057073	agriculture that relies on animal power	subsistence agriculture	30
12883057074	NOT a characteristic of shifting cultivation	livestock is raised on uncultivated swidden	31
12883057075	commercial farmers in MDC's did NOT benefit in the 20th century from	reduced use of fertilizers	32
12883057076	most farmers in ASIA practice what	intensive subsistence farming	33
12883057077	NOT a result of dramatic increase in crop yields of wheat since the 1950's	large-scale shift to organic farming	34
12883057078	T/F - Von Thunen's model can be used to explain the concentration of dairy farms in the NE US	true	35
12883057079	according to Von Thunen's model what agricultural activity would be found closest to the city center	commercial gardening	36
12883057080	Pastoral Nomadism shares a similar climate to	Livestock Ranching	37
12883057081	who divided the world into 11 agricultural regions	Derwent Whittlesely	38
12883057082	the large, complex food industry that many US farms are integrated with is called...	agribusiness	39
12883057083	the # of farmers in MDC's are...	remaining steady and is a smaller % of the population in LDC's	40
12883057084	according to the Von Thunen's model, what agricultural activity would be found furthest from the city center	Ranching and Grazing	41
12883057085	NOT a form of commercial agriculture	pastoral nomadism	42
12883057086	forms of commercial agriculture	plantation, mixed crop and livestock, livestock ranching	43
12883057087	agriculture that is commonly practiced in tropical regions	shifting cultivation	44
12883057088	transhumance is...	the seasonal migration of livestock between mtns. and lowland	45
12883057089	what is most likely going to be produced in mediterranean agriculture	olives	46
12883057090	what agricultural practice prevents soil erosion by planting crops on ridge tops	ridge tillage	47