AP Human Geography Unit 5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. The map above shows the origin and diffusion of

(A) commercial agriculture

(B) vegetative planting

(C) swidden agriculture

(D) plantation farming

(E) pastoral nomadism

Vegetative planting

2. In which of the following areas is livestock most likely to be sold in the domestic market?

(A) Argentina

(B) the Middle East

(C) the United States

(D) New Zealand

(E) Uruguay

The United States

3. Two independent seed agriculture hearths that originated in the Western Hemisphere were

(A) western India and northern China

(B) North America and the Caribbean

(C) southern Mexico and North America

(D) southern Mexico and Peru

(E) Peru and western Africa

Southern Mexico and Peru

4. Which of the following may NOT be categorized as a primary activity?

(A) refining petroleum into gasoline

(B) agriculture

(C) fishing

(D) raising animals

(E) forestry

Refining petroleum into gasoline

5. Labor-intensive intertillage is most likely to take place in areas were farmers practice

(A) pastoral nomadism

(B) dairy farming

(C) grain farming

(D) livestock ranching

(E) shifting cultivation

Shifting cultivation

6. In the Mediterranean area, the most important cash crops are

(A) olives and grapes

(B) citrus fruits and tree nuts

(C) tomatoes and lettuce

(D) cotton and sugarcane

(E) rubber and tobacco

Olives and grapes

7. A farmer who produces only enough food for the immediate family is practicing

(A) shifting cultivation

(B) intensive agriculture

(C) vegetative planting

(D) subsistence farming

(E) seed agriculture

Subsistence farming

8. According to von Thünen, which of the following activities would take place in the outermost ring around a market center?

(A) market gardening

(B) dairy farming

(C) forestry

(D) raising field crops

(E) animal grazing

Animal grazing

9. The land survey system that makes use of natural features to mark irregular parcels of land is called

(A) the rectangular survey system

(B) the metes and bounds approach

(C) the long-lot survey system

(D) primogeniture

(E) the township and range survey system

The metes and bounds approach

10. Both shifting agriculturalists and commercial farmers practice crop rotation, but commercial farmers

(A) make less use of fertilizers

(B) do not raise livestock

(C) are less likely to allow fields to remain fallow

(D) do not feed their crops to animals

(E) do not distribute their workload evenly over the year

Are less likely to allow fields to remain fallow

11. Which of the following are both forms of extensive subsistence farming?

(A) hunting and gathering and pastoral nomadism

(B) shifting cultivation and pastoral nomadism

(C) dairy farming and plantation farming

(D) truck farming and shifting cultivation

(E) grain farming and livestock ranching

Shifting cultivation and pastoral nomadism

12. Early hunter and gatherer societies differed from early agricultural societies in that hunter and gatherer societies were

(A) less likely to be characterized by gender inequality

(B) more likely to require more hours of work per person

(C) more likely to practice polytheism

(D) less likely to base division of labor on gender

(E) more likely to have job specialization

Less likely to be characterized by gender inequality

13. The Green Revolution has had the least impact on people who live in

(A) Southeast Asia

(B) China

(C) Sub-Saharan Africa

(D) India

(E) the Philippines

Sub-Saharan Africa

14. On the map above, the shaded area is associated with which of the following types of agriculture?

(A) dairy farming

(B) plantation farming

(C) grain farming

(D) fruit farming

(E) livestock ranching

Livestock ranching

15. Which of the following does NOT characterize modern industrial agriculture?

(A) specialized crops

(B) signing agreements with buyer-processors

(C) global exchange

(D) prices met by individual needs of farmers

(E) participation by farmers in less developed countries

Prices met by individual needs of farmers

16. Increasing global food production by expanding the amount of land under cultivation is limited by the fact that

(A) technology is lacking in many less developed countries

(B) most of the world's arable land is already under cultivation

(C) few young people want to be farmers

(D) governments are unwilling to give up public lands

(E) global warming has put many previously cultivated areas under water

Most of the world's arable land is already under cultivation

17. In which of the following areas was rice probably domesticated earliest?

(A) Southeast Asia

(B) northern China

(C) Japan

(D) Central America

(E) Mongolia

Southeast Asia

18. Refrigerated ships and railroad cars most directly benefitted the long-distance transportation to global markets of

(A) wheat

(B) fruit

(C) rice

(D) cotton

(E) beef

Beef

19. In which of the following areas has desertification had the strongest negative impact on food production?

(A) Mexico

(B) eastern China

(C) the African Sahel

(D) India

(E) Peru

The African Sahel

20. Which of the following accurately describes the evolution of food production from the earliest development to the latest?

(A) seed agriculture, vegetative planting, the Columbian Exchange

(B) vegetative planting, the Columbian Exchange, seed agriculture

(C) the Columbian Exchange, vegetative planting, seed agriculture

(D) seed agriculture, the Columbian Exchange, vegetative agriculture

(E) vegetative agriculture, seed agriculture, the Columbian Exchange

Vegetative agriculture, seed agriculture, the Columbian exchange

21. In what area of the United States are land parcels most likely to be rectilinear?

(A) along the Pacific Coast

(B) the Southeast

(C) the Northeast

(D) the Midwest

(E) the Southwest

The midwest

22. In which of the following countries is the largest percentage of workers employed in the primary sector?

(A) the United States

(B) China

(C) Nigeria

(D) Mexico

(E) the United Kingdom

Nigeria

23. Which of the following was NOT a commodity first raised in the Americas and traded to the Eastern Hemisphere during the Columbian Exchange?

(A) beans

(B) wheat

(C) squash

(D) maize (corn)

(E) potatoes

Wheat

24. One difference between subsistence and commercial agriculture is that with commercial agriculture

(A) more people work in the primary sector of the economy

(B) farm sizes grow smaller

(C) less machinery is used

(D) crop yields are smaller

(E) more extensive use is made of fertilizers

More extensive use is made of fertilizers

25. The "world's breadbasket" is located in

(A) the coastal areas of India

(B) northern China

(C) the pampas of South America

(D) the prairies of North America

(E) Australia

The prairies of North America