1. KBAT (Know and Be Able To)
AGRICULTURE
KNOW
agribusiness feedlot ranching
agriculture GMO ridge-tilling
aquaculture green revolution rural settlement
biotechnology horticulture shifting cultivation
Boserup hypothesis intensive subsistence agriculture slash-and-burn (swidden)
Carl Sauer intertillage subsidy
commercial agriculture livestock ranching subsistence agriculture
commodity chain luxury crops survey patterns
crop rotation market gardening sustainable agriculture
dairying Mediterranean agriculture Thomas Malthus
domestication milkshed “tragedy of the commons”
double-cropping Neolithic Revolution transhumance
extensive subsistence agriculture pastoral nomadism truck farm
fallow plantation vertical integration
von Thünen’s model of agriculture
BE ABLE TO
explain how agriculture originated and identify its various hearths.
describe the evolution of agricultural practices from their first use until today.
correlate climate and terrain with various agricultural regions.
describe and apply the von Thünen model to both small and large scale situations.
map linkages between regions of production and consumption at different scales.
world regions of export and import
production and consumption (market) regions within a single state
use agricultural practice to differentiate between less developed and relatively developed countries.
discuss current trends and recent changes in agricultural practices in both developed and developing
regions
farm size and farming methods Case Studies
crop types
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effects of changing markets and government practices
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describe rural settlement in terms of: ____________________
survey systems; long lot (seigneurial), rectangular, metes and ____________________
bounds ____________________
settlement types; linear, dispersed, clustered ____________________
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163 ____________________
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