AP®︎ Human Geography: Topic 5.1 Flashcards

The deliberate cultivation of plants and raising of animals for food and other useful products

A climate with mild, wet winters and warm or hot, dry summers, favoring grapes, olives, winter grains, orchards, and irrigated horticulture

Year-round warm climates ranging from humid to seasonally wet-and-dry; continuous warmth can permit year-round growth and multiple harvests, while heavy rainfall may leach nutrients from humid tropical soils

Agriculture using relatively large inputs of labor, capital, water, chemicals, machinery, or management per unit of land to obtain a high yield or high-value output

Agriculture using relatively small inputs per unit of land across comparatively large areas, generally producing lower output per unit of land

Intensive cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers, or other high-value horticultural products for sale

Large-scale, intensive production of one principal cash crop, usually in a tropical or subtropical environment and commonly for export

An intensive system integrating crops and livestock so crops or residues feed animals and animal manure fertilizes fields

An extensive system that temporarily cultivates a cleared plot, leaves it fallow to recover, and shifts cultivation to another plot

A land-clearing technique in which vegetation is cut and burned, with the ash temporarily adding nutrients to the soil

The extensive raising and organized movement of livestock in search of seasonally available pasture and water

Seasonal movement of livestock between established grazing areas, often while the household retains a permanent settlement

Commercial raising of grazing livestock over large areas of pasture or rangeland from a generally fixed landholding or base