Chapter 10 terms
Across
- 2. the type of farming where the farmer cultivates a small plot of land using simple tools and more labor.
- 5. Type of agriculture where you generate products for sale off the farm.
- 7. Commercial farming and fruit farming
- 9. Rotation of different fields of farms to not exhaust soil
- 11. A large farm in tropical/subtropical regions that specializes in production of 1 or 2 crops for sale, usually to a more developed country.
- 12. A form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals
- 14. Farming methods that preserve long-term productivity of land and minimize pollution(by rotation, cash crops, and reduction of pesticides and insecticides.)
- 15. agriculture to provide the farmer and his/her family.
- 16. Harvesting twice a year on the same field
- 18. Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology
- 19. A patch of land cleared for planting through slashing and burning
- 21. The growing of flowers, vegetables, and fruits.
Down
- 1. subsistence agriculture that makes people shift activity from one field to another. Fields are used for few years and left fallow for a long period of time.
- 3. When humans began domesticating plants and animals and stopped relying on hunting and gathering.
- 4. Degrading of land especially on semiarid areas.
- 6. system of planting on ridge tops for reduced farm production costs and conserver greater soil.
- 8. A flooded field for growing rice
- 10. The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures.
- 13. Commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food-processing industry.
- 17. geographic areas where access to affordable, healthy food options
- 20. surrounding area of a city where milk is supplied