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AP HUG Unit 5

review of stuff to know for AP exam unit 5

TermDefinition
1st Agricultural Revolution ~10,000 BCE. Shift from hunting gathering to farming
Hearths geographic origin where a particular cultural traits begins then spreads to other areas (Fertile Crescent, SE Asia, Mesoamerica, sub-Saharan Africa)
2nd Agricultural Revolution 1700's-1900's. Tied to Industrial Revolution. Mechanization (seed drill, steel plow) made higher yeilds and lower farm labor
Green Revolution 1960s-70s. High yield seeds, fertilizers, irrigation made higher food output in lower developed countries but higher cost and environment damage, lower biodiversity
Subsistence Farming growing for family/local use (slash and burn)
Commercial Farming growing for profit/marker (grain farms, ranching)
Intensive Farming high labor farming per acre with small area (market gardening, chicken farming)
Extensive Farming low input farming with a large area (ranching, shifting cult)
Pastoral Nomadism Herding animals, following resources to gather/hunt them
Plantation large scale farming of a single cash crop for export
Von Thunen Model land use arranged in concentric rings around market center. . based on transportation costs and land rent
What are in the rings of the Von Thunen Model? Rings outwards = dairy --> Forest --> grain --> ranching
What Assumptions did the Von Thunen model have? flat terrain, single market, no rivers
Agribuisness large scale commercial Farming integrated with processing and distribution . dominates more developed countries
What are the consequences of agribuisness? deforestation, soil erosion, water depletion, pollution (fertilizer runoff), loss of biodiversity, desertification
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