Across
- 4. yields a large amount of output per acre through less intensive farming (uses a large amount of land)
- 5. an Austronesian word used to describe flooded fields where rice grows
- 9. where all land owned by the father is passed to the eldest son
- 10. the farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and aquatic plants
- 12. the reproduction of plants by direct cloning from existing plants, such as cutting stems and dividing roots
- 13. crops that are grown without fertilizers and pesticides
- 16. a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged
- 17. an area cleared for farming using the slash and burn technique
- 19. a form of commercial agriculture, it is a large farm that specializes in one or two crops
- 21. the reproduction of plants through annual planting of seeds ; practiced by most farmers
- 25. farmers clear land for planting by slashing vegetation and burning the debris
- 28. a process of beating the rice heads on the ground to separate the chaff form the seeds
- 31. yields a large amount of output per acre through concentrated farming (uses a small amount of land)
- 32. altering the behaviors, size and genetics of plants to benefit humans
- 36. farmers and ranchers sell all of their output for money and buy their families' food at stores
- 38. a plot of land on which livestock are fattened for market
- 39. altering the behaviors, size and genetics of animals to benefit humans
- 40. the practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year to avoid exhausting the soil
- 41. a plant cultivated by people
- 43. the deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for subsistence or economic grain
- 44. the system of agriculture found in developed countries
- 45. developing countries have some of their foreign in exchange for enacting conservation measures
- 46. began in mid 1950'2; modern farming that refers to the industrialized production of livestock and crops
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- 1. a type of intensive agriculture where two crops are harvested in the same field a year
- 2. Began in W. Europe in 1600s; intensified agriculture by promoting higher yields per acre/ perfarmer
- 3. farms that produce high consumer demand products and either trucks them to market or to processing plants
- 6. the land and its ownership and cultivation
- 7. the production of food primarily for consumption by the farmer's family; found in LDC's
- 8. the capturing and killing of animals and the knowledge and collection of edible plants and food of early humans
- 11. a form of subsistence agriculture where farmers expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum crop yield
- 14. the ring around a city from which fresh milk can be supplied without spoiling
- 15. the husk of the seed
- 18. the practice pf planting rice on dry land in a nursery and then moving it to a flooded field to promote growth
- 20. a form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift crop activity from one field to another
- 22. where products were carried both ways across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans during colonization
- 23. a form of subsistnece agriculture that involves large areas of land with minimal labor
- 24. a form of subsistence agriculture based on the herding of domesticated animals (sheep, goats, cows, etc)
- 26. the wandering, but controlled movement of livestock, solely dependent on natural forage- is the most extensive type of land use system
- 27. time period when society went from hunters and gathers to farming and domestication of animals, 10,000 BCE
- 29. seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures
- 30. chaff that is allowed to be blown away by the wind
- 33. (the geographer), believed that the hearth of vegetative planting was Southeast Asia, believed vegetative planting came before seed agriculture
- 34. the use of genetically altered crops and DNA manipulation in order to increase production
- 35. a grass such a oats, wheat, rye or barkey used as food
- 37. a Malay (from Malaysia) word used to describe flooded fields where rice grows
- 42. grass or other plants grown for feeding grazing animals, as well as land used for grazing