AP Human Geography Unit 5 Test

Which of the following describes how winter wheat is planted and harvested?

Planted in the fall, harvested in the summer.

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

switch to organic practices with no pesticides or fertilizers.

Which of the following is an arguement made by Carl Sauer?

Natural landscapes have been indirectly altered by human activity.

The greater the percentage of a country's labor force engaged in agriculture, the

Greater the number of subsistence farmers.

Which of the following is true of the environmental impact of organic farming?

Organic farming has a positive environmental impact because organic farming helps sustain diverse ecosystems due to the lack of synthetic pesticides.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of desertification?

Policies favoring nomadic herding over sedentary farming

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

Wheat

To reduce the risk of depleting the soil of nutrients, a farmer decides to plant legumes in a field that previously grew corn. This practice is called

crop rotation

A society that relies on the cultivation of land is known as

agrarian

The ______ areas of the world are typically characterized by poor educational opportunities, dependency, and inequality.

Periphery

In the Third World, plantation crops such as bananas, coffee and sugar are examples of

export-based agriculture.

Which of the following is NOT an important agricultural hearth?

Southern Africa

Which country purchases over half the world's annual production of coffee?

USA

Which of the following is an example of the implementation of the sustainable land use model?

A logger who cuts down trees for lumber and plants more trees.

While this type of farming is done in all 50 states, the top five states are, in order by total production California, Wisconsin, New York, Pennsylvania and Idaho.

Dairy Cows

Which of the following types of agriculture involves the greatest percentage of people in the world today?

Subsistence Agriculture

In what geographical setting is shifting cultivation usually practiced?

Rain forest zones.

The 2nd Agricultural Revolution occurred at roughly the same time as the

Industrial Revolution

In which of the following regions are you LEAST likely to see a sawah or rice paddy?

Northern India

Vegetative planting

is growing plants by dividing roots and cutting stems.

Which of the following is a benefit of industrial agriculture?

It gives consumers more access to food.

The purpose of crop rotation is to

Maintain soil fertility.

The adoption of hybrid seeds has resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

Diminishing the gap between poor and richThis

Which economist predicted that population was growing more rapidly than the food supply?

Thomas Malthus

Which product has seen a significant rise in production, in the US, since the 1930's?

Chicken farming

Which of the following is true regarding the growing season?

Lands near the equator have longer growing seasons than at the poles.

One of the main characteristics of mixed crop and livestock farming is

the farm must be closer to the market because the products are highly perishable.

Which of the following machines is used to cut grain that is still standing in the fields?

Reaper

Which of the following has led to the increased production of livestock in Argentina and Australia in the late 19th century?

Refrigerated ships

Which of the following realms has been LEAST affected by the Green Revolution?

Sub-Saharan Africa

Which of the following is true about agriculture in China?

The government dictates types and quantities of crops grown.

Agricultural techniques developed in the temperate latitudes are frequently innappropriate for wet tropical climates because rainforest soils tend to be

nutrient poor

The shaded states on the map above are part of a region known as the world's

breadbasket

In Von Thunen's model of commercial farming, you would most likely find animal grazing

in the outermost ring

Rice paddies in Asia most likely represent which form of agriculture?

Intensive-subsistence agriculture

Locations farthest from large bodies of water

have the most extreme climates

Which of the following is primarily associated with slash and burn agriculture?

It's done mostly in the tropics.

In order to determine a country's farming efficiency, geographers would look at what type of density?

Agricultural

Which of the five principal features distinguish commerical farming from subsistence farming?

Purpose, percentage, machinery, farm size, integration of agribusinesses

Which of the following crops in INCORRECTLY matched with its region in the USA?

Midwest: Rice and sugarcane