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Chapter 10 and 11

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show Commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food-processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporations.  
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Agricultural revolution   show
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Agriculture   show
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Combine   show
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show Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm.  
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show The practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year to avoid exhausting the soil.  
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show Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions such as excessive crop planting.  
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show The amount of food that an individual consumes, measured in kilocalories(calories in the United States)  
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show Harvesting twice a year from the same field.  
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Food security   show
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show Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield seeds and fertilizers.  
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show The growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers.  
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show A for of subsistence agriculture in which farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasible yield from a parcel of land.  
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Paddy   show
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show A form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals.  
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show A machine that cuts cereal grain standing in a field.  
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show A system of planting crops on ridge tops in order to reduce farm production costs and promote greater soil conservation.  
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Sawah   show
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Shifting cultivation   show
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show Another name for shifting cultivation, so named because fields are cleared by slashing the vegetation and burning the debris.  
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Subsistence agriculture   show
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Sustainable agriculture   show
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Swidden   show
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Thresh   show
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Transhumance   show
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show Commercial gardening and fruit farming, so named because truck was a Middle English word meaning "bartering" or "exchange of commodities"  
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Wet rice   show
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Winnow   show
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Acid deposition   show
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Acid precipitation   show
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show Concentration of trace substances, such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, and solid particulates, at a greater level that occurs in average air.  
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show The amount of oxygen require by aquatic bacteria to decompose a give load of organic waste; a measure of water pollution.  
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show An industry in which the final product weighs more or comprise a greater volume of than the inputs.  
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Bulk-reducing industry   show
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Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)   show
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show Manufacturing based in homes rather than in factories, commonly found prior to the Industrial Revolution.  
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show Metals, including iron, that are utilized in the production of iron and steel.  
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show A form of mass production in which each worker is assigned one specific task to perform repeatedly.  
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show The anticipated increase in Earth's temperature caused by carbon dioxide trapping some of the radiation emitted by the surface.  
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show A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.  
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show Shipment of parts and materials to arrive at a factory moments before they are needed.  
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show An industry for which labor costs comprise a high percentage of total expenses.  
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show A factory built by a U.S. company in Mexico near the U.S. border, to take advantage of much lower labor costs in Mexico.  
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New international division of labor   show
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Nonferrous   show
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Nonpoint-source pollution   show
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show A decision by a corporation to turn over much of the responsibility for production to independent suppliers.  
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Ozone   show
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show An atmospheric condition formed through a combination of weather conditions and pollution, especially from motor vehicle emission.  
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Point-source pollution   show
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Post-Fordist production   show
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Right-to-work law   show
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Sanitary landfill   show
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show Location factors related to the costs of factors of production inside a plant, such as land, labor, and capital.  
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show Location factors related to the transportation of materials into and from a factory.  
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Vertical integration   show
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