Glossary of Agriculture and Related Terms, Quizzes of Geography

Download Glossary of Agriculture and Related Terms and more Quizzes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 agrarian DEFINITION 1 referring to the culture of agriculture communities and the type of tenure system that determines access to land and the kind of cultivation practices employed there. TERM 2 agribusiness DEFINITION 2 a set of economic and political relationships that organizes agor-food production from the development of seeds to the retailing andconsumptionof agriculture products TERM 3 agriculture DEFINITION 3 Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life and used for profit TERM 4 commercial agriculture DEFINITION 4 farming primarily for sale, not direct consumption TERM 5 crop rotation DEFINITION 5 method of maintaining soil fertility in which the fields under cultivation remain the same, but the crop being planted is changed TERM 6 famine DEFINITION 6 A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including crop failure, overpopulation, or government policies. There are deaths TERM 7 fast food DEFINITION 7 Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. TERM 8 food security DEFINITION 8 Food security refers to the availability of food and one's access to it at all times to ensure active and healthy lives TERM 9 food sovereignty DEFINITION 9 "Food sovereignty" is a term coined by members of Via Campesina in 1996 to refer to a policy framework advocated by a number of farmers, peasants, pastoralists, fisherfolk, indigenous peoples, women, rural youth and environmental organizations, namely the claimed "right" of peoples to define their own food, agriculture, livestock and fisheries systems, in contrast to having food largely subject to international market forces. TERM 10 globalized agriculture DEFINITION 10 a system of food production increasingly dependent upon an economy and set ofregulatory practices that are global in scope and organization TERM 21 urban agriculture DEFINITION 21 the establishment or performance of agriculture practices in or near an urban or citylike setting TERM 22 centripetal forces DEFINITION 22 forces thatstrengthenandunifythe state TERM 23 citizenship DEFINITION 23 Citizenship is the state of being a citizen of a particular social, political, national, or human resource community. TERM 24 decolonialization DEFINITION 24 the acquisition, by colonized peoples, of control over their own territory TERM 25 democratic rule DEFINITION 25 a system in which public policies andofficialsare directlychosenby the popular vote TERM 26 domino theory DEFINITION 26 if one country in a region chose or was forces to accept communist political and economic system, then neighboring countries would beirresistiblysusceptible to falling to communism TERM 27 geopolitics DEFINITION 27 the state's power to control space or territory and shape the foreign policy of individual states and international political relations TERM 28 human rights DEFINITION 28 people's rights to justice, freedom, and equality, considered by most societies to belong automatically to all people TERM 29 international organization DEFINITION 29 group that included two or more states seeking political and/or economic cooperation with each other TERM 30 nation DEFINITION 30 a group of people often sharing common elements of culture, such as religion or language or a history or political identity TERM 31 nation-state DEFINITION 31 an ideal form consisting of a homogeneous group of people governed by their own state TERM 32 nationalism DEFINITION 32 the feeling of belonging to a nation as well as the belief that a nation has a natural right to determine its own affairs TERM 33 North/South divide DEFINITION 33 thedifferentiation made between the colonizing states of the Northern Hemisphere and the formerly colonized states of the Southern Hemisphere TERM 34 self- determination DEFINITION 34 the right of a group with a distinctive politico-territorial identity to determine its own destiny, at least in part, through the control of its own territory TERM 35 sovereignty DEFINITION 35 the exercise of state power over people and territory,recognized by other states and codified by international law TERM 46 urban ecology DEFINITION 46 the social and demographic composition of city districts and neighborhoods TERM 47 urban form DEFINITION 47 the physical structure and organization of cities TERM 48 urban system DEFINITION 48 an interdependent set of urban settlements within a specified region TERM 49 urbanism DEFINITION 49 the way of life, attitudes, values, and patterns of behaviors fostered by urban settings TERM 50 world city DEFINITION 50 a city in which a disproportionate part of the world's most important business is conducted