Unit 5 Review #2

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Across
  1. 2. Agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food-processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporations
  2. 3. When water evaporates off newly irrigated land, leaving salt residue behind
  3. 5. A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Middle East that is known for its bountiful arable land
  4. 9. A type of agriculture that avoids the use of herbicides, pesticides, growth hormones, and other similar synthetic inputs
  5. 11. A form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals
  6. 13. A distinct regional approach to surveying land in Quebec, Louisiana and Texas where land is divided into narrow parcels stretching back from rivers, roads, or canals
  7. 14. Climate between the lines of tropics of latitude. Important for certain types of agriculture. It's uniformly warm and humid with usually heavy precipitation.
  8. 16. The acronym for an organism whose genetic structure has been altered to make it more useful and efficient for human purposes
  9. 17. A type of agriculture where large commercial farms in tropical climates specialize in one crop, usually a cash crop
  10. 18. The maximum number of people a particular area can support
  11. 20. The interchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus’s voyages
  12. 22. The agricultural revolution in which the advances of the Industrial Revolution were used to increase food supplies and support population growth
  13. 23. The cultivation of products for sale off the farm
  14. 28. Agriculture that uses fewer inputs of capital and labor relative to the amount of space being used
  15. 29. Areas with little or no access to healthy and affordable food
Down
  1. 1. A form of subsistence agriculture in which people move farming activity from one field to another
  2. 4. A localized economy in which a large number of companies and industries cluster together and benefit from the cost reductions and gains in efficiency that result from this proximity.
  3. 6. A rectangular land division scheme designed to disperse settlers evenly across farmlands of the U.S. interior
  4. 7. The variety of different species within a specific habitat
  5. 8. The process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use
  6. 10. How a good or service gets from the supplier to the consumer
  7. 12. The practice of cultivating, processing, and distributing food in or around a town or city
  8. 15. The deliberate cultivation of only one crop in a large area
  9. 19. The process of using different fields for different crops year to year to avoid exhausting the soil
  10. 21. The growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers. Most crops grown are for human consumption rather than animal feed.
  11. 24. Farming used on hilly or mountainous terrain where steps are carved into steep land to provide a flat area for farming and irrigation
  12. 25. A crop that is grown for profit and to meet some luxury rather than sustain the population
  13. 26. A model that explains agricultural land use patterns based on transportation cost, with more intensive types of farming being located closer to the market and extensive methods of farming located further away.
  14. 27. A rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages