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Agriculture- Unit 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is agriculture? | The purposeful tending to crops and raising of livestock in order to produce food and fiber. |
| What is Mediterranean farming? | Farming style that works best with dry soil and warm weather. |
| What is Dairy farming? | Farming that is mechanized. Also, the product is used for human consumption. |
| What is mixed livestock with crop production? | The crops that are being grown feed the livestock. |
| What is livestock ranching? | Farming livestock on a large amount of land (Ex. Great Plains) |
| What is specialized fruit production? | Orchards that can be picked by machines or migrant workers(move seasonally). |
| What is a truck farm? | They produce mostly vegetables for the market. They are picked by machine or migrant workers (move seasonally). |
| What is a suitcase farm? | When nobody lives on the farm, so workers must drive to and from work (the farm)everyday. |
| What is grain farming? | Farms that only grow grains. |
| Who was Johann Heinrich von Thunen? | He was a German scientist. |
| What was Johann Heinrich von Thunen's model? | It was a model of how, classically, land use was laid out. |
| What was the center of Johann Heinrich von Thunen's model? | The central city/market |
| What was the first layer of Johann Heinrich von Thunen's model? | Markets and feedlots |
| What was the second layer of Johann Heinrich von Thunen's model? | Dairy farms |
| What was the third layer of Johann Heinrich von Thunen's model? | Livestock farming |
| What was the fourth layer of Johann Heinrich von Thunen's model? | Grain farming |
| What was the fifth layer of Johann Heinrich von Thunen's model? | Livestock grazing (ranching) |
| What was the sixth layer of Johann Heinrich von Thunen's model? | Other resources (non-agricultural) |
| What was the formula for Johann Heinrich von Thunen's model? | Economic Rent(R)=E(p-a)-Efk Where: E = yield in units per acre p = market price per unit of output a = cost of production per unit per acre f = transport cost per unit per mile k = distance from the market in miles |
| What were some assumptions Von Thunen's model based around? | The city is located centrally within an "Isolated State." Soil quality and climate are consistent. The land is completely flat and has no rivers or mountains. |
| How applicable is Von Thunen's model today? | Partly (Parts of a country are specialized but it doesn't create a perfect circle) |
| How has von Thunen’s model been modified? | It now takes account climate and that a physical feature that alters the environment that not everyone can access |
| What is a Federal rectangular grid? | Plots of land (Ex. Homestead Act) |
| What is Township and range? | Mileage (Ex. Northwest Ordinance) |
| What are Metes and bounds? | When land is laid out based on geographic regions (located in southern US) |
| What is a Long lot? | It divides land into narrow strips back from rivers, roads, or canals. |
| What is a nucleated settlement? | Intense cultivation with homes clustered into a village |
| What is a Dispersed settlement? | Individual farms widely spaced |
| What is a Linear village? | Follows a stream of road |
| What is a Cluster village? | An intersection of roads |
| What are the differences in climate regions and agricultural regions? | There are no differences. They seem to match up. |
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