Chapter 12 Vocab

Which of the following is not a factor that impacts agriculture?

• soil
• topography
• elevation
• proximity to water

Crops that carry new traits that have been inserted through advanced genetic engineering.

• Hybrid Crops
• Preservatives
• Cash Crops
• GMOs

Farming to provide food for direct consumption by the farmer and the farmer's family is known as (a)  

• monocropping
• plantation agriculture
• commercial agriculture
• subsistence agriculture

Farming to generate products to sell for profit.

• monocropping
• plantation agriculture
• commercial agriculture
• subsistence agriculture

The cultivation of one or two crops that are rotated seasonally.

• monocropping
• plantation agriculture
• commercial agriculture
• subsistence agriculture

Large-scale farming for profit of one particular cash-crop grown for markets often distant from the farming location.

• monocropping
• plantation agriculture
• commercial agriculture
• subsistence agriculture

The Green Revolution.....

• began in the early 20th century and continues to the present, features mechanization and the development of new agricultural technology
• 1950s-60s, scientists used increased knowledge of genetics to develop new high-yield strains of grain crops.
• witnessed improved methods of cultivation, harvesting and storage of farm products. Began in Britain and low countries.
• the shift from foraging to farming about 11,000 years ago.

The First Agricultural Revolution .....

• began in the early 20th century and continues to the present, features mechanization and the development of new agricultural technology
• 1950s-60s, scientists used increased knowledge of genetics to develop new high-yield strains of grain crops.
• witnessed improved methods of cultivation, harvesting and storage of farm products. Began in Britain and low countries.
• the shift from foraging to farming about 11,000 years ago.

The Second Agricultural Revolution .....

• began in the early 20th century and continues to the present, features mechanization and the development of new agricultural technology
• 1950s-60s, scientists used increased knowledge of genetics to develop new high-yield strains of grain crops.
• witnessed improved methods of cultivation, harvesting and storage of farm products. Began in Britain and low countries.
• the shift from foraging to farming about 11,000 years ago.

The Third Agricultural Revolution .....

• began in the early 20th century and continues to the present, features mechanization and the development of new agricultural technology
• 1950s-60s, scientists used increased knowledge of genetics to develop new high-yield strains of grain crops.
• witnessed improved methods of cultivation, harvesting and storage of farm products. Began in Britain and low countries.
• the shift from foraging to farming about 11,000 years ago.