5) Find out what are.

Cap: Common Agricultural Policy is a system of agricultural subsidies in the European Union.
Bse: bovine spongiform encephalopathy, sheep, commonly known as mad cow disease.
Gm Foods: are foods derived from genetically modified organisms.
Green Revolution: Green Revolution refers to the transformation of agriculture that began in 1945, due largely to the work of Norman Borlaug's life.

4) Farming Types

1-Shifting cultivation.


2-Wet rice farming.


3-Market gardening


4-Extensive commercial


5-Plantation agriculture


6-Dry and extensive agriculture


7-Modern mediterranean agriculture

3) Classification of Agriculture

1-Arable-the cultivation of crops.
2-Commercial-products are sold to make a profit.
3-Intensive-high imputs and yields per unit area.
4-Nomadie-farmers moved seasonally with their herds.
5-Extensive-low imputs and yields per unit area.
6-Pastoral-rearing animals.
7-Sedentary-farmers remain in the same place throughout the year.
8-Subsistence-products are consumed by the cultivators.

2) The Importance of Agriculture.

Agriculture is important because:

-Provides employment.
-The economic significance is declining.
-It's still very important in other countries.
-Food production continues to increase yields per hectare have increased.
-Agriculture is the basis for the manufacture of many service industries.

1) Key Words

a) Crops: cultivos
b) Cattle: gando
c) Relief: relevo
d) Soil: solo
e) Labour: traballo
f) Farmer: agricultor
g) Yield: colleita
h) Herd: rabaño
i) Seeds: sementes
j) Input/output: o que axuda (a maquinaria)