Unit Six (Assigned)

Question 1

Agrarian

Answer 1

Refers to anything related to the cultivation of land and the farming lifestyle, encompassing agricultural practices, rural communities, and the socio-economic systems that arise from farming.

Question 2

Agribusiness

Answer 2

Refers to the integrated system of agricultural production, processing, distribution, and marketing that encompasses a wide range of activities and services related to food production.

Question 3

Animal Domestication

Answer 3

The process through which wild animals are tamed and bred for human use, such as for food, labor, or domestication.

Question 4

Aquaculture

Answer 4

The practice of cultivating aquatic organisms, such as fish, in controlled environments.

Question 5

Bid Rent Theory

Answer 5

Explains how the price and demand for real estate change as the distance from the central business district increases.

Question 6

Commodity Chain

Answer 6

The full range of activities involved in the production, processing, distribution, and consumption of a product.

Question 7

Crop Rotation

Answer 7

An agricultural practices that involves alternating the types of crops grown in a specific field over a series of seasons.

Question 8

Dairying

Answer 8

The agricultural practices of raising cattle and other animals to produce milk and dairy products.

Question 9

Desertification

Answer 9

The process through which fertile land becomes increasingly arid and unproductive, often leading to the expansion of desert areas.

Question 10

Double Cropping

Answer 10

The practice of cultivating more than one crop on a single piece of land during a growing season.

Question 11

Extensive Agriculture

Answer 11

An agricultural system characterized by low inputs of labor per unit land area.

Question 12

Feedlot

Answer 12

Places where livestock are concentrated in a very small area and raised on hormones and hearty grains that prepare them for slaughter at a much more rapid rate than grazing.

Question 13

First Agricultural Revolution

Answer 13

Also known as the Neolithic Revolution, it marks the transition from Nomadic hunter-gatherer societies to settled agricultural communities.

Question 14

Green Revolution

Answer 14

A series of research, development, and technology transfer initiatives that occured from the 1940s to the late 1960s, aimed at increasing agricultural production worldwide, particularly in developing countries.

Question 15

Hunting and Gathering

Answer 15

Groups of people who rely on hunting wild animals and gathering edible plants for their substinance.

Question 16

Intensive Agriculture

Answer 16

Farming practice that aims to maximize yields from a given area of land through the high levels of inputs, such as labor, fertilizers, and technology.

Question 17

Intertillage

Answer 17

Planting between the rows of crops

Question 18

Livestock Ranching

Answer 18

A farm of agriculture focused on the raising of livestock for meat, wool, milk, and other animal products, typically on large tracts of land.

Question 19

Market Gardening

Answer 19

The small scale production of fruits, vegetables, and flowers as cash crops sold directly to local consumers.

Question 20

Mediterranean Agriculture

Answer 20

Primary focuses on the production of olives, grapes, citrus fruits, and various vegetables due to the region’s climate.

Question 21

Milkshed

Answer 21

The agricultural practice of raising cattle and other animals to produce milk and dairy products.

Question 22

Monocropping/Monoculture

Answer 22

An agricultural practice where a single crop species is cultivated over a large area for multiple seasons.

Question 23

Nomadic Herding / Pastoralism

Answer 23

People herd animals and live where the animals live.

Question 24

Pesticides

Answer 24

Chemical substances used to kill or control pests that threaten agricultural crops, livestock, and human health.

Question 25

Plant Domestication

Answer 25

The process by which wild plant species are cultivated and bred for human use, leading to significant changes in their genetic and physical characteristics.

Question 26

Plantation Agriculture

Answer 26

Commercial farming done in the tropics and sub-tropics

Question 27

Sawah / Paddy

Answer 27

A flooded field for growing rice that involves engineering; a man-made system that takes care of irrigation and drainage and allows fertilizers to be used effectively

Question 28

Second Agricultural Revolution

Answer 28

A series of innovations, improvements, and techniques used to improve the output of agricultural surpluses

Question 29

Shifting Cultivation

Answer 29

An agricultural practice where farms clear a plot of land, grow crops for a few years, and then move to a new area, allowing the previously used land to regenerate.

Question 30

Slash-and-Burn / Suidden

Answer 30

Areas of land cleared and vegetation burned off, layer of ash increases soil's fertility

Question 31

Soil Erosion

Answer 31

The process by which the top layer of soil is removed from the land, often due to wind, water, or human activities

Question 32

Sustainable Yield

Answer 32

Refers to the maximum amount of natural resources that can be harvested or used without depleting or damaging the resource base over the long term.

Question 33

Truck Farm

Answer 33

Commercial gardening and fruit farming