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Global Agricultural Regions (Rubenstein p 314 – 329, read de Blij p 386 – 392 to supplement) Area Type Characteristics/Vocabulary Future LDCs Shifting cultivation What type of climate region/biome? Describe two chief characteristics. How many people? Describe slash-and-burn agriculture swidden: crops: land ownership: % of world’s land/compared to other types of agriculture What competing activities are replacing shifting cultivation in tropical rainforests? Why do defenders of shifting agriculture say it is environmentally sound? The rate of this process which threatens our global environment has increased in Brazil? Pastoral Nomadism What is it? Best climate? Where? Examples of nomadic groups? Global pop.? % of global land area? How do the nomads feed their herds? What are the four major types of animals? Describe their pattern of movement. transhumance: pasture: Describe how modern technology and governments threaten the pastoral nomadism lifestyle. Intensive Subsistence What does “intensive” mean (lecture)? Major regions? What is the common trait? Plot How is the work done? Land Wet rice dominant. Where dominant? (paddy): How do wet rice farmers modify their land so it can be flooded? double cropping: Wet rice not dominant. What climate conditions? Two most common crops? Plantation What climate regions? Where? Owners? Crops sold where? Examples of crops specialized? force? Area Type Characteristics/Vocabulary