10&11: Agriculture and Industry
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| show | deliberate modification of Earth's surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain
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| crop | show 🗑
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| show | reproduction of plants by direct cloning from existing plants (cutting stems & dividing roots)
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| seed agriculture | show 🗑
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| subsistence agriculture | show 🗑
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| show | production of food primarily for sale off the farm
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| agribusiness | show 🗑
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| show | most productive farmland
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| shifting cultivation | show 🗑
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| slash-and-burn agriculture | show 🗑
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| swidden | show 🗑
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| pastoral nomadism | show 🗑
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| transhumance | show 🗑
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| pasture | show 🗑
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| show | form 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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| wet rice | show 🗑
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| show | Malay word for wet rice
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| sawah | show 🗑
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| chaff | show 🗑
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| threshed | show 🗑
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| winnowed | show 🗑
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| hull | show 🗑
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| show | harvesting twice a year from the same field
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| crop rotation | show 🗑
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| show | grass yielding grain for food
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| milkshed | show 🗑
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| grain | show 🗑
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| show | wheat planted in the fall and harvested in the early summer
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| spring wheat | show 🗑
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| show | machine that cuts grain standing in the field
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| combine | show 🗑
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| show | form of commercial agriculture in which livestock graze over an extensive area
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| show | growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers
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| truck farming | show 🗑
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| show | large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usully to a more developed country
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| show | farming methods that preserve long-term productivity of land and minimize pollution, typically by rotating soil-restoring crops with cash crops and reducing inputs of fertilizer and pesticides
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| show | system of planting crops on ridge tops, in order to reduce farm production costs and promote greater soil conservation
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| desertification | show 🗑
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| green revolution | show 🗑
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| break-of-bulk point | show 🗑
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| bulk-gaining industry | show 🗑
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| bulk-reducing industry | show 🗑
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| cottage industry | show 🗑
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| fordist | show 🗑
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| industrial revolution | show 🗑
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| show | industry for which labor costs comprise a high percentage of total expenses
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| maquiladora | show 🗑
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| new international divistion of labor | show 🗑
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| show | adoption by companies of flexible work rules, such as the allocation of workers to teams that perform a variety of tasks
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| show | a U.S. state that has passed a law preventing a union and company from negotiating a contract that requires workers to join a union as a condition of employment
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| site factors | show 🗑
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| situation factors | show 🗑
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| textile | show 🗑
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| show | group of neighboring countries that promote trade with each other and erect barriers to limit trade with other blocs
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