Unit 5 Vocab

Definition

A machine that cuts cereal grain standing in a field

Example: Used in developed countries

Term

Reaper

• True

• False

Definition

Commercial gardening and fruit farming

Example: Growing apples

Term

Truck Farming

• True

• False

Definition

Another name for shifting cultivation because of slashing vegetation and burning debris

Example: Done in small villages in Brazil

Term

Slash-and-Burn Agriculture

• True

• False

Definition

Development of better and more efficient farming equipment and practices (based on science, research, & tech.) (Developing World: Asia & Latin America)

Example: GMOs

Term

Second Agricultural Revolution

• True

• False

Definition

Grass or other plants grown for feeding grazing animals, as well as land used for grazing

Example: In Central Asia

Term

Pasture

• True

• False

Wheat planted in autumn and harvested in early summer

Example: Wheat planted after spring

• Crop Rotation

• Winter Wheat

• -resumes Growth In Spring

• -dormant During Winter

Definition

Farming methods that preserve long-term productivity of land and minimize pollution, usually by rotating soil-restoring crops w/ cash crops and reducing fertilizers and pesticides

Example: Organic farming

• Sustainable Agriculture

• Aquaculture

• Commercial Agriculture

• Shifting Cultivation

Definition

The area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied

Example: Up to about 300 miles today

• Swidden

• Shifting Cultivation

• Milkshed

• Green Revolution

Definition

Trade where fair prices are paid to producers in developing countries

Example: Bananas grown, farmers get paid fairly

• Agribusiness

• Aquaculture

• Ridge Tillage

• Fair Trade

Definition

A system if planting crops on ridge tops in order to reduce farm production costs and promote greater soil conservation

Example: Plants on ridge and in between

• Subsistence Agriculture

• Ridge Tillage

• Truck Farming

• Horticulture