Chapter 13 Spatial Arrangement of Agriculture Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. Crops that are not essential to human survival but have high profit margin.
  2. 4. Relies on many low-paid migrant workers, to tend and harvest crops. (2 words)
  3. 10. Farms run as corporations and the globalization of agriculture.
  4. 12. An increase in efficiency lower the per-unit production cost, resulting in greater profits. (3 words)
  5. 14. A process used by corporations to gather resources, transform them into goods, and then transport them to consumers. (2 words)
  6. 15. An economy where supply and demand, not government policy determines the outcome of competition for the land. (2 words)
  7. 17. A geographical economic theory that refers to how the price and demand for real estate change as the distance from the central business district increases. (2 words)
  8. 18. The theory that deals with why people chose certain locations for various economic activity.
  9. 19. A type of agriculture that includes market gardening/truck farming and dairy farming.
  10. 20. Corporations that operate in many countries.
  11. 21. An economic model that suggested a pattern for the types of products farmers would produce at different positions relative to the market community.
  12. 22. Public financial support to farmers to safeguard food production.
  13. 23. The opposite of multicropping
Down
  1. 1. The ownership of other businesses involved in the steps of producing a particular product. (2 words)
  2. 3. A type of intensive farming that involves raising fish, shellfish, or water plants.
  3. 5. All the steps required to get a product or service to customers. (2 words)
  4. 6. Planting and harvesting a crop two times per year on the same piece of land. (2 words)
  5. 7. Confined spaces in which cattle and hogs have limited movement.
  6. 8. When farmers grow two or more crops simultaneously on the same field.
  7. 9. A graph that can be used to determine the starting position for each land use relative to the market. Also known as bid-price-curve. (3 words)
  8. 11. Movements to promote higher incomes for producers and more sustainable farming practices. (2 words)
  9. 13. A capital-intensive livestock operation in which many animals are kept in close quarters, and bred and fed in a controlled environment. (2 words)
  10. 14. Uses expensive machinery and other inputs. (2 words)
  11. 16. Growing one type of crop or raising one type of animal year after year