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| When did the 1st Agricultural Revolution begin? |
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| 12,000 years ago... about 10,000 BC |
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| In what major region was the 1st Agricultural Revolution prominent? |
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| the fertile crescent or Mesopotamia; the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers |
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| What innovations came out of the 1st Agricultural Revolution? |
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| seed planting (before whole plants put in ground), seed domestication and cultivation, primitive irrigation systems, and the beginning of animal domestication |
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| How did the 1st Agricultural Revolution impact society? |
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| communities grew, storage for the food developed, permanent settlements established |
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| What are some characteristics of the 1st cultural revolution? |
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| ended the stone age, began an idea of modern civilization, and concepts of artisans began. |
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| What time periods include the 2nd Agricultural Revolution? |
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| 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries; 1600s to 1800s |
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| Where did the 2nd Agricultural Revolution take place? |
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| Europe: Western Great Britain, Netherlands, Spain, etc. Also in Urban areas (Paris, London, Berlin) |
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| What innovations occurred from the 2nd Agricultural Revolution? |
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| Capitalism, extensive agriculture (on a large scale basis), industrialism enabled |
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| What other characteristics were involved in the 2nd Agricultural Revolution? |
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| Industrial revolution (at the same time), urban areas and rural areas distinguished, food need to feed nonfarmers, fuedalism ended and estates became available |
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| The beginning of the 3rd Agricultural Revolution was when? |
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| Where did was the 3rd Agricultural Revolution most prominent? |
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| Began in the USA, spread to Mexico, India, and Africa, starting in Europe |
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| What kind of innovations were involved in the 3rd Agricultural Revolution? |
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| Hybrid seeds: resistant to pesticides/grow faster, unfrastructure became a neccessity |
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| The impacts of the 3rd Agricultural Revolution include what? |
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| (not widespread- increase in food production and less famine, and production became quicker and easier |
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| The 3rd Agricultural Revolution also included what characteristics? |
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| Asia has benefitted, slowly benefitting other areas, Africa has had difficulties adapting to the Revolution because of a practically complete lack of infrastructure. |
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| The 1st Agricultural Revolution was also known as what? |
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| The 3rd Agricultural Revolution aka |
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| The 5 levels of Economic Activity are? |
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| Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary, and Quinary |
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| agriculture (farming, hunting, ranching, etc) |
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| The manufacturing of a primary product |
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| working class (services involved) |
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| reasearching for advancement |
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| researching for information about advancement |
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| How do you gain insight on how goods are produced? |
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| classify economic activities into sectors and analyze the percent of the population employed in each sector |
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| What is intensive agriculture? |
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| Market gardening, dairy, perishables, small plots of land, expensive, private farmers |
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| What is extensive agriculture? |
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| grain farming (ex), less perishable, easier to produce on a large (commercial) scale, large amount of land, machinery active |
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| Is the Von Thunen Model modernly accurate? |
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| What about the Von Thunen model accurately depict in modern day? |
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| cost of land (increases moves towards city, decreases moveds away) |
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| What are 4 ways land is distributed? |
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| Cadastral, Township and Range, Metes and Bounds, Long-lot |
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| Define Township and Range: |
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| Natural Features develope the boundaries |
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| long, narrow plots of land usually leading back from a road or natural feature |
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| What are the 5 types of village forms? |
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| round, walled, clustered, linear, grid |
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| What is the Koppen Climate Classification system based on? |
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| Temperature and amount of Precipitation |
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| areas that share similar climatic characteristics |
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| What is Plantation agriculture, and why amd where does it still exist? |
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| During colonialism, Plantations were large estates mostly focusing on a bigger profit solely on one cash crop. Today, they're located in small, 3rd world, less developed countries and owned by large corporations. (ex:Starbucks) |
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| When did cotton production increase exponentially? |
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| During Colonialism in the 19th Century? |
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| What are 3 examples of luxury crops? |
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| What are the 4 largests sectors of commercial agriculture? |
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| Dairy, market, livestock/cropping, grains |
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| What are byproducts of meat production? |
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| the interconnectedness between agriculture and business; all who help benefit the advancement of agricultural production are involved |
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| What is vertical integration? |
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| when a company is owner of all proccesses in the production of their product |
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