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5.1 and 5.2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Grain farming | In regions too dry for mixed crop agriculture, farmers often raise wheat. Consumed mostly by people |
| commercial gardening | high-yield, labor-intensive, and perishable crops produced for profit |
| Market gardening | When fruits and vegetables are grown near an urban market and sold to local suppliers, stores, and restaurants |
| dairy farming | a type of intensive commercial agriculture specializing in the production of milk and dairy products (cheese, butter) from livestock, primarily cows |
| milk shed | the geographic distance that milk is delivered |
| Mediterranean agriculture | practiced In regions with hot, dry summers, mild winters, narrow valleys, and often some irrigation |
| transhumance | the seasonal herding of animals from higher elevations in the summer to lower elevations and valleys in the winter |
| Livestock ranching | the commercial grazing of animals confined to a specific area |
| clustered (nucleated) settlements | |
| dispersed settlements | |
| linear settlements | |
| metes and bounds | |
| public land survey system (township and range system) | created rectangular plots of consistent size |
| townships | areas Six miles long and six miles wide |
| section | each square mile |
| french long-lot system | farms were long, thin sections of land that ran perpendicular to a river |
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