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Unit 6

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Von Thunen Theory   The model for agricultural land use affected by cost of land and cost of transportation  
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Renewable Resources   Resources that can be regenerated in a person’s lifetime (lumber, solar, wind)  
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Non Renewable Resources   Resources that cannot be regenerated (coal, oil, natural gas)  
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Global Interdependence   A condition in which people or groups rely on each other, rather than only relying on themselves (on a global scale)  
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Primary Sector   Agricultural activities that directly extracts materials from the earth (farming, mining, fishing, forestry)  
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Secondary Sector   Manufacturers that process, transform, and assemble raw materials into products  
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Tertiary Sector   Provides goods and services to people in exchange for money  
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Subsistence Agriculture   Agriculture that provides the basic needs of a family with little surplus  
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Commercial Agriculture   Growing large quantities of crops or livestock in order to sell them for profit  
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GMOs   Genetically Modified Organisms; genetically altering livestock and agricultural products to prevent spoilage and promote growth  
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Cash Crops   Agricultural product that is grown to be sold or traded rather than used by the farm family  
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Green Revolution   A program beginning in the 1960’s to produce higher  
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Salinization   Fresh water becomes mixed with salt over time  
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