Ch 10 Study Guide

4. when food is produced for sale.
7. a type of agriculture that focuses on producing long-term crops and livestock while having minimal effects on the environment.
10. an area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food.
11. the production of crops of some vegetables on an extensive scale in regions especially suited to their culture primarily for shipment to distant markets.
12. the process by which fertile land becomes desert
14. the emergence of new varieties of crops.
16. planting several crops in the same area and in the same crop year so that the same land is used to generate more than one crop per year.
18. leveled and bunded rice fields with inlet and outlet connecting irrigation and drainage.
19. a region producing milk that may be supplied to the area of demand.
20. a way of life of peoples who do not live continually in the same place but move cyclically or periodically.
21. agriculture conducted on commercial principles.

1. the action or practice of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle.
2. form of farming in which nearly all of the crops or livestock raised are used to maintain the farmer and the farmer's family.
3. an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned while post-disturbance fallow vegetation is allowed to freely grow while the cultivator moves on to another plot.
5. transition from hunting and gathering to planting crops.
6. the type of farming where the farmer cultivates a small plot of land using simple tools and more labor.
8. an area of land cleared for cultivation by slashing and burning vegetation.
9. the art or practice of garden cultivation and management.
13. the practice of planting different crops sequentially on the same plot of land to improve soil health.
15. a form of conservation tillage where the farmer builds ridges or raised beds.
17. an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house.