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Geography
9th Grade
02/12/2013

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primary sector
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is the part of the economy that draws raw material from the enviroment
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secondary sector
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the part of economy that transforms raw materials into manufactured goods
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tertiary sector
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the part of economy that involves services rather than goods
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post-industrial societies
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countries where most people are no longer employed in industry
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quaternary sector
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a subset of the tertiary sector
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agriculture
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is the delibrate tending of crops and livestock
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hunter gatherers
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first human group
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neolithic revolution
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people starting to settle
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agricultural hearths
Definition
place where agriculture began
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job specialization
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jobs opened up. farmers, priests, traders, etc.
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patriarchal system
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men holding power in family, government, economy
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vegetative planting
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plants produced by direct cloning
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seed agriculture
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the production of plants through annual planting of seeds.
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irrigation
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the channeling of water to fields
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columbian exchange
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products were carried both ways across the atlantic and pacific
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second agricultural revolution
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intensified agriculture by promoting higher yield per acre
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enclosure
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fencing or hedging large blocks of land
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crop rotation
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controlled nutrients in the soil
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seed drill
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invention that planted seeds more effectively
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subsistence farming
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production of food to only feed family
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commercial agriculture
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production of food to sell
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agribusiness
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system of commercial farming found in more developed countries
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intensive subsistence
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type of agriculture that yields large amount
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wet rice
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planted on dry land in a nursery
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labor intensive
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employs large number of people
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shifting cultivation
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aka slash and burn
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interillage
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the growing of various types of crops
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pastoral nomadism
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they follow herds
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nomadism
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practice of moving frequently from place to place
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intensive subsistence agriculture
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involves the cultivation of small land plots
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mixed crop and stock
Definition
growing crops and raising livestock
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crop rotation
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where each field is planted on a plned cycle
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Cereal Grains
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Such as rats
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Milkshed
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A ring of milk production
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Winter Wheat Area
Definition
kansas, colorado, oklahoma
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Spring What Area
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the Dakodas and Montana
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Medditerranean Agriculture
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farms that are close to seas
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Horticulture
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the growing of fruits vegtables and flowers
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Truck Farming
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selling apples, cherries, lettuce, etc
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Plantation
Definition
large farm
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Location Theory
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attepmt to explain how an economic activity is related to the land space
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Dispersed Settlemnent Pattern
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individual farm houses far apart
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Nucleated Settlement Pattern
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villages close to each other
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Hamlets
Definition
small clusters of buuildiungs
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Villages
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little larger than hamlets
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Rectangular Survey System
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encourages settlers to disperse evenly across farms
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Mutes and Bounds
Definition
approuc where natural features are used to mark irregualr parcels of land
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Long lot survey
Definition
divides land into narrow parcels
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Mercantilism
Definition
private companies undercharger from the govenrment
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Industrial Agriculture
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curretn stage of coimmercial agriculture
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Specialization
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the grown of specialized crops bcuz theyr more profitable
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Biotechnology
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use of genetically altered crops
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Green Revolution
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the use of new higher yield seeds and the expanded use of fertilizers
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Erosion
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lands cleared forĀ  agrivculutre
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Desertificitaion
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becoming into desert
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Organic Agriculture
Definition
crops grown purely
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