UNIT 5

3. Thunen Model/ used to explain the spatial organization of agriculture and how it is influenced by transportation costs
6. domestication - The mutual relationship between non-humans and the humans who have an influence on them.
10. - act of running a ranch, which is essentially an extensive farm for the sole purpose of raising livestock and crop
11. Cultivation - a plot of land was cultivated temporarily and is abandoned to allow vegetation to grow freely while the cultivator moves to another plot.
12. Herding - The continual movement of livestock in search of forage for animals.
13. Nomadism - The caring for animals in order to extract subsistence livelihoods.
16. Farming-Food production that is primarily grown to sustain the farmer and their family.
19. discouragement and unsupportive of increasing the birth rate.
20. theory/ population growth will eventually and inevitably outnumber food production , leading to global famine.
21. fishing/ Large amounts of fishing in an area.
22. agriculture/ Food production is grown with the intention of making profit
23. revolution/ traditional medieval farming to more productive efficient, and mechanical methods of farming
25. culture/ The growth of a single crop or organism especially on agricultural or forest land.
26. rural settlements/ Homes and other structures evenly distributed across the landscape
27. rural settlements/ Homes and other structures evenly distributed across the landscape

1. agriculture/ Mediterranean agriculture is the practice of crop cultivation undertaken in areas with Mediterranean climates
2. encourages people to have babies and increase the birth rate
4. rural settlements/Houses and farm buildings of each family are situated close to each others
5. modified organisms/ changes have been made to the genome of a plant or animal
7. Malthusians/ Malthus did not account for new farming techniques and food preservations
8. Cropping/ practice of growing one kind of crop
9. - tillage between rows of crops of plants
14. business sector encompassing farming and farming-related commercial activities
15. Crop/ Crops that are grown and not considered necessary for human survival. Ex: sugarcane, tobacco, tea
17. cultivation of seafood
18. Crop/ A food that is regularly consumed/used. Ex: cotton, rubber
24. insecurity/ household's inability to consistently obtain enough food for each member to lead an active, healthy life
25. Gardening/ Cultivation on suburban land and utilizes heavy fertilizers