APHG Chapter 10.1 Vocab.

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Across
  1. 4. grass or other plants grown for feeding grazing animals, as well as land used for grazing
  2. 5. agriculture= found in LDCs, the production of food primarily for consumption by the farmer’s family
  3. 8. a large farm that specializes in one or two crops
  4. 9. cleared land after slashing and burning; other names include ladang, milpa, chena, and kaingin
  5. 10. the system of commercial farming found in the US and other relatively developed countries because the family farm is not an isolated activity but is integrated into a large food-production industry
  6. 13. the reproduction of plants through annual planting of seeds that result from sexual fertilization
  7. 15. any plant cultivated by people
  8. 17. the flooded field used to grow wet rice
  9. 18. separating chaff from rice seeds by beating them on the ground or treading on them barefoot
  10. 21. rice husks
  11. 22. the process of farmers clearing land for planting by slash-and-burn agriculture and then growing crops on a cleared field for only a few years until soil nutrients are depleted and then leaving it fallow for many years so the soil can recover
  12. 23. found in MDCs, the production of food primarily for sale off the farm
  13. 25. the most productive farmland
Down
  1. 1. a form of subsistence agriculture based on the herding of domesticated animals
  2. 2. refers to the practice of planting rice on dry land in a nursery and then moving the seedlings to a flooded field to promote growth
  3. 3. when farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum possible yield from a parcel of land
  4. 6. the practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year to avoid exhausting the soil
  5. 7. seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pasture areas
  6. 11. the incorrect but frequently used European/North American name for sawah
  7. 12. deliberate modification of Earth’s surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain; thus, it originated when humans domesticated plants and animals for their use
  8. 14. when farmers clear land for planting by slashing vegetation and burning the debris
  9. 16. the reproduction of plants by direct cloning from existing plants, such as cutting stems and dividing roots
  10. 19. obtaining two harvests per year from one field
  11. 20. rice’s outer covering
  12. 24. allowing lighter chaff to be blown away by the wind