Subsistence Agriculture

Farming where crops are grown primarily for personal consumption and not for sale.

INTENSIVE Subsistence Agriculture

Lots of labor is used on small plots of land to produce high yields.

Commercial Agriculture

Farming for the purpose of selling produce in the market.

Intensive commercial agriculture

Agriculture that uses large amounts of labor and capital to maximize crop production.

Extensive subsistence agriculture

Farming where large amounts of land are used but with less labor per hectare, personal consumption.

Extensive Agriculture

Farming that requires less labor/capital.

Extensive commercial agriculture

Large scale farming, using less labor, to produce crops or livestock for sale.

Areas with high population density, such as cities and towns

Areas w/ low population density, countryside

Methods used to map out/divide land for agriculture or property purposes.

Regions where the earliest crops were domesticated from seeds.

Regions where animal domestication begins

Transfer of plants/animals, diseases between americas, europe, africa and asia.

domestication of animals

Process of taming animals/breeding wild animals for human use

neolitihic revolution

Transition from hunting/gathering to settled farming

Select/breed wild plants for traits.

seeds that produce select crops/lots.

PASTORAL NOMADISM, SHIFTING CULTIVATION, WET RICE, NON-WET RICE, PLANTATION FARMING (INTENSIVE)

MIXED CROP/LIVESTOCK FARMING, DAIRY FARMING, GRAIN FARMING, CATTLE RANCHING, MEDITERRANEAN FARMING, COMMERCIAL GARDENING.

Wet rice farming; high amounts of labor, regions with abundant rainfall

Southeast Asia, South Asia, East Asia

Plantation farming; large scale commercial cash crops

Tropical regions: Central and south america

Pastoral Nomadism: herding of livestock, migratory routes.

North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia

Shifting Cultivation: Slash and burn

Tropical rainforests/humid climates

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Question	Answer
Subsistence Agriculture	Farming where crops are grown primarily for personal consumption and not for sale.
INTENSIVE Subsistence Agriculture	Lots of labor is used on small plots of land to produce high yields.
Commercial Agriculture	Farming for the purpose of selling produce in the market.
Intensive commercial agriculture	Agriculture that uses large amounts of labor and capital to maximize crop production.
Extensive subsistence agriculture	Farming where large amounts of land are used but with less labor per hectare, personal consumption.
Extensive Agriculture	Farming that requires less labor/capital.
Extensive commercial agriculture	Large scale farming, using less labor, to produce crops or livestock for sale.
Urban:	Areas with high population density, such as cities and towns
Rural	Areas w/ low population density, countryside
Land surveys:	Methods used to map out/divide land for agriculture or property purposes.
Seed hearth	Regions where the earliest crops were domesticated from seeds.
fertile cresent	Region in the middle east
Animal hearth	Regions where animal domestication begins
Columbian exchange	Transfer of plants/animals, diseases between americas, europe, africa and asia.
domestication of animals	Process of taming animals/breeding wild animals for human use
neolitihic revolution	Transition from hunting/gathering to settled farming
Plant domestication	Select/breed wild plants for traits.
High Yeild plants	seeds that produce select crops/lots.
Agriculture in LDCS	PASTORAL NOMADISM, SHIFTING CULTIVATION, WET RICE, NON-WET RICE, PLANTATION FARMING (INTENSIVE)
Agriculture in MDCS	MIXED CROP/LIVESTOCK FARMING, DAIRY FARMING, GRAIN FARMING, CATTLE RANCHING, MEDITERRANEAN FARMING, COMMERCIAL GARDENING.
Wet rice farming; high amounts of labor, regions with abundant rainfall	Southeast Asia, South Asia, East Asia
Plantation farming; large scale commercial cash crops	Tropical regions: Central and south america
Pastoral Nomadism: herding of livestock, migratory routes.	North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia
Shifting Cultivation: Slash and burn	Tropical rainforests/humid climates
Dairy Farming: production of milk, butter, cheese, etc..	Northeast, Midwest, California
Mixed Crop and livestock farming: crops (corn, wheat, soybeans) pigs, cattle, chickens..	Midwest, Great Plains
Ranching; Large scale raising of cattle for beef production	West and Southwest
Mediterranean Farming: olives, grapes, fruits, figs, nuts.	California, Oregon, Washington

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