Memrise 5.2
Across
- 3. agriculture that requires relatively little labor or input for a relatively large plot of land
- 5. growing of different types plants between the rows of other plants
- 7. agriculture that requires large amounts of input or labor for a relatively small plot of land
- 10. extensive subsistence practice that clears existing vegetation, plants and harvests crops, and then moves to a new plot of land for the next season
- 11. goes bad, rots quickly
- 12. agricultural model created before industrialization that predicted the location of types of agriculture
- 14. specializing in one crop, this reduces the diversity of insects, animals, and other organisms that depend on other varieties of plants
- 16. region around a city from which fresh milk can be delivered without spoiling in transit
- 17. crop not essential for human survival but typically sold as a luxury product
- 20. growing of different types of plants on the same plot of land within the same growing period
- 21. intensive commercial agriculture that involves the cultivation of cash crops
- 22. in which farmers build a series of steps into the side of a hill, it is often used to grow rice
Down
- 1. people who have city jobs but also own agricultural land in rural areas
- 2. intensive commercial agriculture that involves growing crops such as avocados, grapes, and olives
- 4. intensive subsistence agriculture, mostly in Asia (South and Southeast)
- 6. intensive commercial agriculture that involves the growing of vegetables for market
- 8. crop that is the basis or dominant food of a population's diet (e.g. corn, wheat)
- 9. the continual seasonal movement of raising and grazing livestock
- 13. agricultural land that is not being used to allow natural vegetation to return and replenish nutrients in the soil
- 15. graph showing the relationship between the cost of land and the distance to the town center
- 18. form of commercial agriculture found in the developed world
- 19. crop grown in large quantities for sale to larger markets, usually non-perishable and easily stored