AP HUG Unit 5: Agriculture

**Intensive means lots of human labor working one field**

**What is the difference between extensive and intensive agriculture?**

**Wheat**

**All of the following are plantation crops EXCEPT**

Pastoral nomadism

**All of the following are forms of commercial agriculture EXCEPT**

organic farming

**Which method of farming has become more popular in response to use of pesticides in farming?**

Shifting cultivation

Which type of agriculture occupies the largest percentage of the world’s land area?

market gardening

**Horticulture (market gardening) occurs in which zone of von Thunen's model of land use?**

Intensive Subsistence

Which type of agriculture is practiced by the largest percentage of the world’s people?

rice

**All of the following crops might be grown on a truck farm EXCEPT**

genetic engineering

**Which of the following was developed during the Third Agricultural Revolution?**

feedlot

**A feeding operation that prepares an animal for slaughter by increasing its weight rapidly is** 

wheat

**Which of the following is NOT an example of a staple food in Central America?**

aquaculture

**The farming of oysters is an example of**

wool

**Which of the following is not an example of a luxury crop?**

**The seasonal movement of people and livestock by seasons**

**Transhumance can be best described as**

**Southeast Asia, Mesoamerica, Southwest Asia**

**Which of the following are the earlier centers of plant domestication?**

**Are growing food to feed their families**

**People who engage in subsistence agriculture**

**Transport costs are greater farther from the urban area**

**The farther a dairy farm is from a city, the lower the percentage of fresh milk. This is because** 

Central America

**Area probably the first to develop cotton, corn, beans as primary agriculture products?**

rice

**Agricultural product that the majority of the world’s population depends upon for survival is**

**switch to organic farming practices**

**One option for small family-owned farms to increase the market value of their crops would be**

wheat

**Which was the dominant staple crop for ancient Egypt and the rest of the Fertile Crescent?**

hunting and gathering

**The first method of obtaining food was**

typical for tropical forests

**Slash and burn is**

California

**Which of the following was not a location of independent plant and animal domestication?**

ranching

**is/are widespread in semiarid climates throughout the world.**

urban sprawl

**is a common cause of decreasing farmland in rapidly growing urban areas.**

plantation farming

**This type of agriculture occurs in LDC's but is generally owned by MDC's:**

one

**According to Von Thunen, dairy farming would occur in ring #**

four

**According to Von Thunen, ranching would occur in ring #**

**Mediterranean agriculture**

**depends on warm wet winters and dry summers along coastal areas**

export-based agriculture

**In the developing world, plantation crops like bananas, coffee, and sugar are examples of**

indian elephant

**Which animal was used as a ceremonial animal, a beast of burden, and a weapon of war?**

low-cost human labor

**The following are all factors in the Green Revolution except**

potatoes

**The staple crop of the Andean culture hearth of the Incan peoples was**

11,000

**How old is the practice of farming?**

Central and Southern California

**Mediterranean agricultural products are grown in the U.S. primarily in**

a peace treaty

**Which of the following is not a product of the secondary industries?**

cattle

**According to Von Thunen, with which of the following will the land be farmed most extensively?**

agriculture emerged

**Animal domestication became possible when**

crops and livestock

**Agriculture is the deliberate tending of _______ in order to produce food and fiber.**

Eurasia

**The region of the world home to the most large animal domestications is:**

the industrial revolution

**The second agricultural revolution was influenced by**

they resisted domestication

**Animals in Africa were difficult to domesticate because:**

animal

**According to von Thunen’s model, which of the following products is most likely in zone 4?**

**Land values decrease farther from the urban center.**

**Von Thunen’s model of rural land use is based on which of the following premises?**

in fertile river valleys

**Hearths of early Eurasian agriculture were generally located**

**China, India, Turkey, Mexico.**

**Hearth regions of early agriculture included present-day**

70

**In India, farming occupies what % of the population?**

zone 2

**Von Thunen's model has a ring of forest in which zone?**

tea, beans, and citrus fruits

**Which of the following is a crop of the Upper Southeastern Asian Mainland?**

**period of fallow is too short for proper nutrient regeneration**

**Swidden agriculture can have negative environmental impacts if**

sowing of seeds

**The first agricultural methods probably involved the**

control of fire

**Which of the following plays a big part in shifting cultivation?**

market gardening

**In what zone of von Thunen’s model would the fruit production method of farming best fit?**

Ukraine or Eastern Europe

**Which area of the world would most likely lead the others in the production of wheat?**

northeastern Africa

**Which area of the world was the first to domesticate cattle, sheep, and goats?**

**The number of farmers has greatly decreased but the food supply has risen**

**Which statement accurately describes the recent trend(s) in agriculture in the United States?**

34%

**What percentage of the world's workforce is involved in farming?**

Neolithic period

**What is another name for the First Agricultural Revolution?**

seed drill and plow

**Which two Middle Ages inventions ushered in the Second Agricultural Revolution?**

third

**Which agricultural Revolution is characterized by the use of chemicals and monoculture?**

Monsanto

**Which corporation owns the patents to many of the world's seeds?**

wet rice

**Which type of farming involves terraces and water?**

truck farming

**Which type of commercial agriculture is prevalent in the Southeast U.S."**

draining water for irrigation

**What caused the demise of the Aral Sea?**

**The use of GIS and GPS to pinpoint features of farmland**

**What is "precision agriculture?"**

**The more wealthy people become, the more they make poor food choices**

**What has happened if there is "nutrition transition?"**