Unit 5 - Agriculture

Examining short distances between one place to another, as well as identifying important landmarks

The most common job today in the world is a what?

Requires large amounts of labor and capital, but uses small plots of land

The modification of the earth through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain

The Second Agricultural Revolution was primarily correlated to which other revolution?

A town or settlements close relationship to a river

The Second Agricultural Revolution refers to

Series of links connecting between places of production, distribution, and consumption

This image best explains what kind of rural settlement?

Production of agricultural products destined primarily for direct consumption by the producer rather than for market

This image best represents what type of rural settlement?

Pesticides are primarily used to the purpose of

Which parts of the world generally tend to specialize in specific kinds of harvest? Ex: Coffee beans, bananas, etc.

Small amounts of capital, but uses larger plots of land and is generally further away from population centers

Subsistence agriculture is primarily most common where?

Which best explains the significance of a similarity among locations where olives, figs, grapes and lemons are grown?

Which of the following is a characteristic of shifting cultivation?

The Second Agricultural Revolution occurred where?

The agricultural practice of growing the same crops over and over on the same land

The practice of growing two or more crops on the same land during a single growing season

The theory that the closer the land is to the center of a town or city, the more expensive that land will be