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Agriculture

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show raising of animals or the growing of crops to obtain food for primary consumption by the farm family or for sale off the farm  
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show allowed humans to become more sedentary and avail themselves of a more reliable source of food. change from hunting and gathering to planting crops  
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show 1750-1900 used technology provided by the Industrial Revolution to increase production and distribution of products  
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show corresponded with the exponential population growth in world, it involves the use of biotechnology or genetic engineering  
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show area's temperature is affected by it location relative to the nearest large body of water (the further from a large body of water, the more extreme the climate of an area)  
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Carl Sauer   show
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vegetative planting   show
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seed agriculture   show
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show Central America and NW South America Western Africa Southeast Asia all in tropical climes relatively large populations to provide a workforce to domesticate plants and animals  
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show first major hearth of vegetative planting Aztecs, Mayans, Incas manioc, sweet potato, arrowroot turkey, llama and alpacas domesticated diffused northward into US and Canada areas and southward to tip of Patagonia  
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Western Africa   show
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Southeast Asia   show
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show Southern Mexico Northeastern Africa Northern China Northeastern India  
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show first major area of seed agriculture squash, beans, and cotton diffused into United States, rest of Central America and South America over time *once Europe learned the importance of cotton the slave trade was fueled for labor  
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show 2nd major hearth of seed agriculture around present day Ethiopia coffee diffused to Western Africa then South America  
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Northern China   show
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Northeastern India   show
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Importance of Trade Routes   show
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show shifting cultivation crop rotation pastoral nomadism intensive subsistence agriculture intertillage  
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show producing the food needed to survive on a daily basis  
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Shifting Cultivation   show
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slash-and-burn   show
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show planting of different types of crops each year to replenish the soil with nutrients  
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show moving animals on a seasonal basis usually arid climates and lack of precipitation camels, sheep and goats  
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show intense style of subsistence farming wet rice is the number-one crop very time consuming and labor intensive - must be tended daily Southeast Asia and Afric  
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show clearing of rows in the field through use of hoes, rakes and other manual equipment machinery is too expensive  
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Types of Commercial Farming   show
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commercial farming   show
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show practiced in climate with dry summer and cool, moist winter grapes, dates and olives California, southern Austalia  
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show must be done close to market highly mechanized California (milk), Wisconsin (cheese), New England through Great Lakes, Midwest, northern Europe including Great Britain  
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Mixed Livestock with Crop Rotation   show
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show done of fringes of productive land huge area of land needed western US, west of Great Plains east of Cali, southern Brazil into Argentina, Austalia some of Asia  
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specialized fruit production   show
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plantation agriculture   show
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show rely on periphery countries for raw materials and agricultural products ex. much of Europe relies on Africa for citrus during winter  
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truck farms   show
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show farms on which no one resides permanently migrant workers leave at end of day  
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show increased mechanization of the farming process to increase productivity and profits  
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grain farming   show
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show wheat, barley, millet large percentage of world population depends on for survival  
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show certain crops are grown in direct relation to their distance from market specific agricultural markets and only applies to commercial agriculture assumes all costs are equaled out  
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market-gardening activities   show
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dairy farming   show
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show 3rd zone in Von Thunen's deliberate adding weight to animals to increase sale price often use feedlots ( farms that specialize in cattle or hogs - downfall is runoff of waste and contamination of ground water, and smell)  
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show 4th zone in Von Thunen's wheat, corn, millet other grains expensive machinery like combines which do work quickly food chaing  
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show for grain products: grain hauled to producer, who makes a product sold to a wholeseller who sells to grocery story who sells to consumer  
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livestock ranching   show
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show 6th zone in Von Thunen's distance to market is not profitable  
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show all land has same soil quality farmers have = access to transportation land areas must be physically similar equal climate and political structure  
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5 types of Economic Activities   show
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Primary Economic Activities   show
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show industrial sectors of the economy factories take raw material and make a product  
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Tertiary Economic Activities   show
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Quaternary Economic Activities   show
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show management decisions of society 10-15% of workforce but make decisions concerning trade at govt level an executive level effect farmers throughout the world NAFTA  
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show a cooperative whose members were farmers of a small town or village. They sold their product to another party.  
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farm crisis   show
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show introduction of manmade chemicals and practices to an area.  
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show When land becomes barren and desert-like often due to overgrazing or overuse  
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show farming of fish for sale off the farm  
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show removal of what nature originally produced in an area in order to grow something else.  
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show 1.) climate 2.) economic system of the country  
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show the government often dictates the quantity and type of agricultural products are dictated or required by a government Ex. China's "noodle line"  
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