Agricultural Origins & Diffusion 5.35 Version B

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Across
  1. 2. Farming in which nearly all of the production is used for personal consumption.
  2. 3. The period when humans first domesticated plants and animals about 10000 years ago.
  3. 5. The rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology including highyield seeds and fertilizers beginning in the mid1900s.
  4. 8. The practice of alternating crops in a field to maintain soil fertility.
  5. 11. The process by which a cultural trait spreads from one place to another.
  6. 12. The time when humans first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
  7. 13. A region in Southwest Asia where some of the earliest plant domestication took place.
  8. 15. A method of reproduction in which stems or cuttings are planted to produce genetically identical plants.
  9. 16. The intentional breeding of plants or animals to produce desired traits.
  10. 17. The spread of a trait through the movement of people from one place to another.
  11. 18. The deliberate effort to grow plants and make them adapt to human use.
Down
  1. 1. The reproduction of plants through the annual planting of seeds that result from sexual fertilization.
  2. 4. The period of agricultural improvement beginning in the 1700s that increased food production and supported population growth.
  3. 6. The process of taming and breeding animals for human use.
  4. 7. The era when humans first developed agriculture and settled communities.
  5. 9. Farming in which crops and livestock are produced primarily for sale and profit.
  6. 10. A geographic area where cultural traits such as agriculture originated and from which they spread.
  7. 14. The spread of a trait outward from a hearth that remains strong there while also spreading.