Vocabulary


Livestock – äîìàøíÿ õóäîáà

Self-sufficientñàìîäîñòàòí³é

Subsistence agricultureíàòóðàëüíå ãîñïîäàðñòâî, ùî âèðîáëÿº òîâàðè äëÿ âëàñíîãî ñïîæèâàííÿ, à íå äëÿ ïðîäàæó

Intensive subsistence farming - á³äíå, ìàëîïðèáóòêîâå ãîñïîäàðñòâî

Shifting cultivation ñ³âîçì³íè

Temporary clearing – òèì÷àñîâà ä³ëÿíêà ë³ñó, ðîç÷èùåíà ï³ä îðàíêó

Fertilize --óäîáðèòè

Fertility -- ðîäþ÷³ñòü

Yields — âðîæàé

Cropping – óðîæàé, æíèâà, ïîñ³â

Nutrients— ïîæèâí³ ðå÷îâèíè

Plot– ä³ëÿíêà çåìë³

Commercial farmingêîìåðö³éíå ãîñïîäàðñòâî

Mixed or specialized farmingçì³øàíå àáî ñïåö³àë³çîâàíå ãîñïîäàðñòâî

Dairy products – ìîëî÷í³ ïðîäóêòè

Poultry – äîìàøíÿ ïòèöÿ

Crop rotationñ³âîçì³íè

Hunting and gatheringìèñëèâñòâî ³ çáèðàëüíèöòâî

Tribal groupsïëåìåíà

Ash - ïîï³ë

 


1. Answer the following questions:

1.Can you think of examples when people continue to practice the hunting and gathering way of life?

2. What factors determine what can and will be grown in a given place?

3. How do farming activities differ between industrialized non-industrialized countries?

4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of (a) shifting cultivation; (b) mixed farming?

5. What types of agriculture take place in Ukraine?