Ch 10 Agriculture Flashcards Preview

AP Human Geography > Ch 10 Agriculture > Flashcards

Flashcards in Ch 10 Agriculture Deck (39)
Loading flashcards...
1
Q

Agribusiness

A

agriculture conducted on commercial principles, especially using advanced technology.

2
Q

Ag

A

Growing of livestock and plants for selling

3
Q

Cereal grain

A

Cereal is any grass cultivated for the edible components of its grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran

4
Q

Chaff

A

the husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing

5
Q

Combine

A

an agricultural machine that cuts, threshes, and cleans a grain crop in one operation

6
Q

Commercial ag

A

Commercial Farming: farming for a profit, where food is produced by advanced technological means for sale in the market.

7
Q

Crop

A

cultivated plant that is grown as food, especially a grain, fruit, or vegetable.

8
Q

Crop rotation

A

action or system of rotating crops.

9
Q

Desertification

A

the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.

10
Q

Double cropping

A

second crop is planted after the first has been harvested

11
Q

Grain

A

wheat or any other cultivated cereal crop used as food.

12
Q

Green revolution

A

large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties.

13
Q

Horticulture

A

the art or practice of garden cultivation and management.

14
Q

Hull

A

the outer covering of a fruit or seed, especially the pod of peas and beans, or the husk of grain

15
Q

Intensive subsistence ah

A

A 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

16
Q

Milk shed

A

Boundary where milk can be delivered without spoiling

17
Q

Paddy

A

field where rice is grown.

18
Q

Pastoral nomadism

A

herding of domesticated animals

19
Q

Pasture

A

land covered with grass and other low plants suitable for grazing animals, especially cattle or sheep

20
Q

Plantation

A

Farm which mass produced one crop

21
Q

Prime ag land

A

land that has the best combination of physical and chemical characteristics for producing food, feed, forage, fiber, and oilseed crops and is also available for these land uses

22
Q

Ranching

A

Having cattle free roam and graze

23
Q

Reaper

A

This machine was used by farmers to harvest crops mechanically

24
Q

Ridge tillage

A

involving scalping and planting on ridge

25
Q

Sawah

A

Rice field

26
Q

Seed ag

A

Planting with seeds

27
Q

Shifting cultivation

A

an area of ground is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a few years and then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored.

28
Q

Slash and burn

A

Burning vegetation to make a plot of land

29
Q

Spring wheat

A

Plant in spring and harvested in late summer

30
Q

Subsistence ag

A

farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their entire families

31
Q

Sustainable ag

A

production of food, fiber, or other plant or animal products using farming techniques that protect the environment, public health, human communities, and animal welfare

32
Q

Swidden

A

an area of land cleared for cultivation by slashing and burning vegetation.

33
Q

Thresh

A

separate grain from (a plant), typically with a flail or by the action of a revolving mechanism

34
Q

Transhumance

A

the action or practice of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle, typically to lowlands in winter and highlands in summer.

35
Q

Truck farming

A

the production of crops of some vegetables on an extensive scale in regions especially suited to their culture primarily for shipment to distant markets

36
Q

Vegetative planting

A

Planting veggies

37
Q

Wet rice

A

Rice started in dry land then out to wet to promote growth

38
Q

Winnow

A

blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff

39
Q

Winter wheat

A

Wheat planted in fall and gathered in spring