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Agriulture

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show Tending crops and livestock   Raising cows or growing corn  
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show 1st of steps   Growning of  
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secondary economic activity   2nd of steps   show
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show 3rd of steps   Services for farming banking educating and retailing  
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quaternary economic activity   4th of steps   show
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plant domestication   Manipulation of plants for our benefit   show
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root crops   show Potatoes  
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seed crops   Crops that reproduce though seeds   show
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First Agricultural Revolution   show  
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animal domestication   General modification of animals, rendered more amenable to human control   show
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subsistence agriculture   show Mostly in periphery  
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shifting cultivation   Cultivation of crops moving to the next area every few years due to overusage   show
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slash and burn agriculture   show  
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second agriculture revolution   show  
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von thunen model   show Created long ago. City at center. Perishables surround. Forests surround...  
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show Green revolution. Genetic engineering    
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generically modified organisms   Organisms who's genetics were specifically chosen (through ancestors) for a reason   show
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rectangular survey system   show Township and range system  
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township and range system   show  
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metes and bounds survey   land system E of Appalachian Mts. imprecise system (demarcated by land)   show
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longlot survey   land divided into long strips (along rivers and such)   show
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show system where eldest son receives land from father    
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commercial agriculture   show Farming corn for a company  
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show Dependence on signal crop   Farmers that only grow corn  
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show system that classifies climates around the world    
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climatic regions   Regions around world w similar climates   show
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plantation agriculture   production system based on large plantations   show
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luxury crops   Non substantial crop   show
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show Raising domestic animals for eat and other parts   Cows, lambs, pigs  
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Mediterranean agriculture   show Olives, citrus, some veggies  
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agribusiness   show Company that makes machinery for farms  
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Quinary economic activity   show Research for farming  
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organic agriculture   Approach of farming and ranching that avoids pesticides or hormones   show
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