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Chapter 1 Outline ? The Neolithic Revolution LECTURE/DISCUSSION ?THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTIONS? A. The Neolithic Revolution Pre-revolution For 99% of human existence, our forbears lived by hunting and foraging These individuals were tied to the seasons of plant foods and the movements of animals Deliberated cultivation of food (beginning of food production) began about 10,000 years ago > called the Neolithic Revolution The development of agriculture most clearly moved humans toward a more sophisticated social and cultural patterns B. What is an agricultural society? Humans settle in one spot and focus on particular economic, political, and religious goals and activities most people are farmers production of food is the number 1 economic activity C. Initial Development

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Chapter 1 Outline ? The Neolithic Revolution LECTURE/DISCUSSION ?THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTIONS? A. The Neolithic Revolution Pre-revolution For 99% of human existence, our forbears lived by hunting and foraging These individuals were tied to the seasons of plant foods and the movements of animals Deliberated cultivation of food (beginning of food production) began about 10,000 years ago > called the Neolithic Revolution The development of agriculture most clearly moved humans toward a more sophisticated social and cultural patterns B. What is an agricultural society? Humans settle in one spot and focus on particular economic, political, and religious goals and activities most people are farmers production of food is the number 1 economic activity C. Initial Development

The Cultural Landscape (Rubenstein) Chapter 10 review questions

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?PAGE ? ?PAGE ?1? AP Human Geography Chapter 10 Agriculture 1. What is the ?typical human? and how does this differ with your situation especially with regard to how and what you eat? 2. Why do LDCs have such a high percentage of the world?s farmers? 3. How can the United States produce so much food with just less than 2% of the population engaged in agriculture? 4. What is the most important distinction regarding farm products? 5. What are the main reasons for the variety of agricultural practices in the world? 6. Describe why farmers in the same culture make different decisions with respect to what they grow. 7. From a global perspective, how do recent trends impact farmer?s decisions?

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? 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Key Issues ? Where did agriculture originate? ? Why do people consume different foods? ? Where is agriculture distributed? ? Why do farmers face economic difficulties? ? 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Where Did Agriculture Originate? ? Invention of Agriculture ? Prior to the advent of agriculture, all humans probably obtained needed food through hunting and gathering. ? Origins of agriculture cannot be documented with certainty, because it began before recorded history. ? Agriculture is deliberate modification of Earth?s surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain. ? 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. History of Agriculture ? Hunter-Gatherers

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Insights The Third Agricultural Revolution -The third revolution is also called the Green Revolution -It began in the US during the 1930s when scientists manipulated seed varieties to increase crop yields -In the 40s, US philanthropists funded research in Mexico to improve maize/corn yields -By the 1960s, Mexico no longer imported corn -Basic definition: agriculture meets science -Many feel the Green Revolution has hurt subsistent farmers that may try and sell their surplus -Green Revolution has had little affect in Africa where their agriculture focuses on different crops and they have lower soil fertility -Green Revolution focused on rice, wheat, and corn -India became self sufficient by the 1980s -Asia saw a 2/3 increase of production between 1970 and 1995

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Name: ___________________________________________ Period: ________ Date: _________ Unit 1 The Earth as Humanity?s Home AP Human Geography Development of Agriculture __________ ________ = the current interglacial period, extending 12,000 years ago. Perhaps 4 -8 million people were alive at the beginning of this period ________ __________ = the process of planned cultivation of root and/or seed crops that began as early as 14,000 years ago in several culture hearths across the globe; may have begun in southeastern Asia (Sauer) ? ______ ______ = plants that grow as tubers in the tropics (yams, sweet potatoes, manioc,?) ? ______ ______ = field crops, such as barley or wheat; more complex cultivation process involving

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Sheet1 Smooth Block: Rolling Friction # Of Weights Trial 1 (N) Trial 2 (N) Trial 3 (N) Avg (N) 2 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.80000000000000016 4 1 0.9 1.1 1 6 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.3333333333333333 Smooth Block: Sliding # Of Weights Trial 2 (N) Trial 1 (N) Trial 3 (N) Avg (N) 2 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7333333333333334 4 2.0 2.0 2.0 2 6 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.1999999999999997 Smooth Block: Static # Of Weights Trial 1 (N) Trial 2 (N) Trial 3 (N) Avg (N) 2 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6666666666666667 4 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2333333333333334 6 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4333333333333336 Surface Block Type Trial 1 (N) Trial 2 (N) Trial 3 (N) Avg (N) 1 Smooth 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6333333333333335 2 Brown 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8999999999999997 3 Rough Grey 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4666666666666668 Sheet2 Sheet3

AP Human Geography The Cultural Landscape Vocab Ch. 10

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Agribusiness Agriculture Cereal grain Chaff Combine Commercial agriculture Crop Crop rotation Desertification Double cropping Grain Green revolution Horticulture Hull Intensive subsistence agriculture Milkshed Paddy Pastoral nomadism Pasture Plantation Prime agricultural land Ranching Reaper Ridge tillage Sawah Shifting cultivation Slash-and-burn agriculture Spring wheat Subsistence agriculture Sustainable agriculture Swidden Thresh Transhumance Wet rice Winnow Winter wheat
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Isaiah Bennett P.1 3/25/13 Ch.2 K.I 2 I Shifting Cultivation Shifting Cultivation is practiced in much of the world?s Humid Low-Latitude, or a climate regions, which have relatively high temperatures and abundant rainfall Characteristics of shifting Cultivation Shifting cultivation/ slash and burn agriculture clear land for planting by slashing vegetation and burning the debris The Process of Shifting Cultivation Each Year villagers designate for planting an area surrounding the settlement before planting They must remove dense vegetation, An efficient strategy is the cut down selected large trees, which bring smaller trees that may have been weakened by nothing Swidden, Lading, Milpa, Chena, and Kaingin Clearing a area of land Crops of shifting cultivation

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