Vocabulary for Agriculture (AP HUG, Chapter 10)
Across
- 2. An area in a developed country where healthy food is difficult to obtain.
- 4. A form of subsistence agriculture, where people shift to different field.
- 6. Using different fields to avoid exhausting the soil.
- 8. Commercial agriculture identifying by the different process of the food-processing industry.
- 12. Commercial gardening and fruit farming.
- 15. Farming methods that are for long time productivity.
- 16. When humans first domesticated plants and animals.
- 17. A flooded field for growing rice.
- 18. Rapid diffusion of new technology.
- 19. A form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domestic animals.
- 20. The growing of fruit, vegetables, and flowers.
- 21. Agriculture to generate products for sale.
Down
- 1. Degradation of land, because of human actions (ex. grazing animals).
- 3. The area around a city, where milk is supplied.
- 5. Harvesting twice a year on the same field.
- 7. A form of subsistence agriculture, where farmers must expend a large area.
- 9. A system of planting crops on ridge tops, due to soil.
- 10. A large farm in tropical like climates, to produce one or two types of crops for sale.
- 11. A patch of land for planting, cleared through burning and slashing.
- 13. Agriculture designed to provide food for the farmers.
- 14. The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures.