Agriculture
Unit 2 Vocabulary
Each of the following vocab terms and concepts will be included on the unit exam.
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Agriculture
Hunting and gathering
Carl Sauer and the origins of agriculture
Vegetative agriculture
Seed agriculture
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The first agricultural revolution
Animal domestication
Agrarian
Arable
Staple foods
11. Root crops
12. Agricultural Hearths
a. Western India
b. Southwest Asia (fertile crescent)
c. Northern China
d. Ethiopia
e. Southern Mexico
f. Northern Peru
13. Columbian exchange
a. Easter hemisphere items
b. Western hemisphere items
14. Subsistence Agriculture
a. Shifting cultivation
i. Slash and Burn Agriculture
b. Intensive subsistence agriculture
c. Pastoralism
15. Swidden
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Intertillage
Milpa
Open lot system
Enclosure movement
Agricultural villages
a. Linear village
b. Cluster or nucleated village
c. Round village
d. Walled village
e. Grid village
21. Cadastral system or land survey system
a. Metes and bound system
b. Long lot system
c. Rectangular survey system (also known
and as township and range system)
22. The second agricultural revolution
23. Commercial farming
a. Mixed crop and livestock
b. Ranching
c. Dairying
i. Milkshed
d. Large scale grain production
e. Plantation
24. Intensive agriculture
25. Double cropping
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Extensive agriculture
Capital intensive farming
Labor intensive farming
Von-thunen’s agricultural model
Market Gardening
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Bid-rent curve
The third agricultural revolution
The industrialization of farming
Agribusiness
Cash crops
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Luxury crops
Factory farm
Feedlot
Monoculture
Desertification
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Food desert
Biotechnology
Green revolution
Organic agriculture
Truck farm
Mediterranean agriculture
S E P T E M B E R / OCTOBER
APHG
Sunday
Monday
27
Block Day
1
Block Day
2
UNIT 2
Friday
Saturday
28
Agriculture
Hunting and Gathering
Vegetative Agriculture
Seed Agriculture
4
First Agricultural
Revolution
Animal Domestication
Agrarian
Arable
Staple Grains
Root Crops
2
3
9
10
BLOCK 2
17
Subsistence Agriculture
Agricultural Hearths
West India
Southwest Asia
North China
Ethiopia
Southern Mexico
Northern Peru
Shifting Cultivation
Slash and Burn
Intensive Subsistence
Agriculture
Pastoralism
5
DUE
IN THE NEWS ARTICLE
Swidden
Milpa
Inter-tillage
Open Lot System
Enclosure Movement
Agricultural Villages
Nucleated Village
Cadastral System
Metes and Bound
Long Lot System
Rectangular Survey
(Township and Range)
11
12
18
NO SCHOOL
Second Agricultural
Revolution
Commercial Farming
Mixed Crop and
Livestock
Ranching
Dairying
Milkshed
Large Scale Grain
Production
Plantation
BLOCK 1
DUE
IN THE NEWS ARTICLE
Agriculture Related
Intensive Agriculture
Double Cropping
Extensive Agriculture
Capital Intensive
Agriculture
Labor Intensive
Agriculture
QUIZ
READING QUESTIONS
14
PSAT TEST DAY
NO CLASS
Von Thunen Model
Market Gardening
Horticulture
MAP QUIZ
Third Agricultural
Revolution
Industrialization of
Farming
Agribusiness
Cash Crops
Luxury Crops
19
Factory Farm
Feedlot
Monoculture
Desertification
Food Desert
23
Green Revolution
Biotechnology
Organic
Truck Farm
Mediterranean
Agriculture
UNIT EXAM
UNIT EXAM
FRQ
MULTIPLE CHOICE
NOTEBOOKS DUE
24