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PHHS - APHUG: Important vocab for Unit 5 - Agriculture and Rural Land Use

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activities that involve extracting something from the earth   primary sector  
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activities that involve converting raw materials into intermediate or finished products   secondary sector  
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activies that involve providing a service   tertiary sector  
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activities that involve large exchanges of money or information   quaternary sector  
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activities that involve higher education and research   quinary sector  
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time period that started 2.5 million years ago; humans appeared during this age between 100,000 and 400,000 years ago   Paleolithic Age  
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activities that sustained Paleolithic humans:   hunting and gathering  
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took place between 10,000-12,000 years ago; humans first started to use domesticated plants and animals   First Agricultural Revolution or Neolithic Revolution  
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the Neolithic Revolution allowed for food surplus, which allowed people to do other non-agricultural jobs. This division of labor is known as:   specialization  
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continent where agriculture began   Asia  
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first type of domesticated plants   root crops  
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taming of animals so they can be used for human purposes   domestication  
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selective breeding of animals done to pass along desirable traits   animal husbandry  
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key event that allowed for diffusion of agricultural products between the Old and New worlds   Columbian Exchange  
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farming to feed oneself and one's family   subsistence agriculture  
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farmers who are semi-sedentary practice this type of agriculture; plant in one spot for a few years before moving on   shifting cultivation  
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farming that requires lots of labor input and/or is done on a small piece of land   intensive agriculture  
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planting a variety of different types of crops   multi-cropping  
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farmers who engage in both multi-cropping and raising domesticated animals   mixed farming or general farming  
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farming that requires little labor input and/or is done on a large piece of land   extensive agriculture  
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extensive agriculture that focuses on one crop   monoculture  
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two step process often used to quickly clear land; popular in stage 2 countries   slash and burn  
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movement that improved agriculture, lasted from the late Middle Ages to the late 1800s   Second Agricultural Revolution  
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movement that allowed the Second Agricultural Revolution to develop at a much quicker pace   Industrial Revolution  
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model used to decribe spatial patterns of primary activities around European towns during the Second Agricultural Revolution   Von Thunen Model  
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Farming that focuses on a small variety of crops grown on large tracts of land   plantation agriculture  
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farming where crops are sold for profit   non-subsistence agriculture  
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a particularly valuable crop grown on a plantation   cash crop  
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crops that are expensive and therefore purchased only by the relatively wealth   luxury crop  
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village located along one road   linear village  
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village located around key road intersections   cluster village  
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village set up in a circular structure   round village  
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village with a protective barrier around it   walled village  
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village with an organized road system that meets at 90 degree angles   grid village  
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system of planting where crops are moved around to different fields year after year to prevent soil nutrient depletion   crop rotation  
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growing two or even three rounds of crops on the same piece of land, one after another, in the same year   double (or triple) cropping  
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the systematic detruction of forested areas   deforestation  
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process by which salt levels in soil increase   soil salinization  
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process by which land is transformed into a desert   desertification  
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an agriculture concept involving engaging in activities at production levels that can be kept up long term   sustainability  
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movement that took place between the 1940s and 1970s, introducing genetic engineering to the agriculture field   Third Agricultural Revolution or Green Revolution  
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type of genetically engineered rice created in the 1960s   IR8  
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genetically engineered corn that produces its own natural pesticide   BT corn  
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hormone given to cows to make them grow bigger   rBGH  
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aritifical pesticide that was outlawed in the U.S. in 1972 due to harmful effects in certain species   DDT  
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agricultural products that are somehow different/rare/valuable or more desirable   specialized agriculture products  
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food that has non been genetically altered   Non-GMO  
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foods that have not been given compounds to prevent disease or grow artifically bigger   antibiotic and hormone free  
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food products that are non-GMO, antibiotic and hormone free, and are free of any articifical fertilizers and pesticides   organic  
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animals that are allowed to graze outside and eat a natural diet   free-range and grass-fed  
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raising of seafood for human consumption   aquaculture  
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variety of fruit or vegetable that is very old and relative uncommon, usually expensive   heirloom variety  
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product linked to specific production region   appellation  
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small plots of land that grow a variety of produce in or around an urban area   market garden  
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small to medium size farms that grow a variety of fruits and vegetables   truck farms  
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the number of calories the average person in a country eats per day   caloric intake  
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the concept of getting all the key nutrients your body needs to stay healthy   dietary balance  
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poor health due to poor caloric intake and/or dietary balance   malnutrition  
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condition due to lack of protein   kwashiorkor  
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condition due to lack of protein combined with low caloric intake   marasmus  
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number of deaths of babies age 0-1 per 1000 live births   infant mortality rate  
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number of deaths of children age 1-5 per 1000 people   child mortality rate  
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average life span of a person in a given country   life expectancy  
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