AP HUG CH 10 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

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Across
  1. 2. – Form of subsistence ag which farmers must expend a large amount of effort to produce the maximum yield form parcel of land.
  2. 3. – A system of planting crops on ridge tops in order to reduce farm production costs and promote greater soil conservation.
  3. 4. – A form of subsistence ag in which people shift activity from one field to another
  4. 5. – A patch of land cleared for planting through slashing and burning.
  5. 6. – the practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year to avoid exhausting soil.
  6. 10. – The area of surrounding a city from which milk is supplied.
  7. 11. Commercial ag by integration of dif steps in the food processing industry.
  8. 12. – The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures.
  9. 13. Revolution – The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals.
  10. 15. – An area in a developed country where healthy food is difficult to obtain.
  11. 17. – A flooded field for growing rice.
  12. 18. Agriculture – Ag undertaken primarily to generate products for sale of the farm.
  13. 19. – Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology.
  14. 20. – Harvesting twice a year from the same field.
Down
  1. 1. - Degradation of land, in semiarid areas because of human actions.
  2. 5. – Ag designed primarily to provide food for direct consumption by the farmer and the farmer’s family.
  3. 7. – The growing of fruits, veggies, and flowers.
  4. 8. – Farming methods that preserve long term productivity of land and minimize pollution
  5. 9. – A form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals.
  6. 14. – Commercial gardening and fruit farming
  7. 16. – A large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale.