Unit 5 AP Human Geography

Question 1

Which of the following regions has little dairying in its traditional agriculture?

Accepted Answer

South Asia

Question 2

Slash and Burn Methods cause these harms to the environment EXCEPT...

Accepted Answer

Fertilizer entering the local water supply

Question 3

This type of farming is grown for profit

Accepted Answer

Commercial

Question 4

economic activity is MOST likely to produce the largest amount of food per unit of land?

Accepted Answer

intensive agriculture

Question 5

This type of farming is used for direct consumption

Accepted Answer

Subsistence

Question 6

Which of the following is a subsistence crop?

Accepted Answer

Corn

Question 7

Which of the following includes the world's earliest centers of plant domestication?

Accepted Answer

Southeast Asia, Mesoamerica, Middle East

Question 8

The industrialization and mechanization of agriculture in the United States during the past 70 years have resulted in

Accepted Answer

a decrease in the number of farms and an increase in the size of farms

Question 9

What was not a change from the Neolithic Revolution?

Accepted Answer

stabilization of the population growth

Question 10

This country is located in the Eastern part of Africa, What country is it?

Accepted Answer

Somalia

Question 11

Which best explains how cattle ranching affected the environment?

Accepted Answer

Runoff from animal waste has increased the pollution in local water

Question 12

similarities between Asia and sub-Saharan Africa in terms of the percent of women working in agriculture?

Accepted Answer

subsistence-based rural economies, female farmers produce most food

Question 13

This type of farming uses large amounts of land with low labor costs.

Accepted Answer

Extensive Farming

Question 14

The purpose of NAFTA is...

Accepted Answer

reduce tariffs on traded goods and reduce illegal immigration

Question 15

LDC usually grows what type of Crops

Accepted Answer

Luxury

Question 16

This country is known to harvest cocoa beans.

Accepted Answer

Ivory Coast

Question 17

a network between a company and its suppliers to produce and distribute a specific product to the final buyer

Accepted Answer

Supply Chain

Question 18

According to von Thünen’s model of land use, the outermost ring is characterized by

Accepted Answer

extensive agriculture

Question 19

The Von Thunen model is based on...

Accepted Answer

Transportation Costs

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

subsistence agriculture

Question 21

Which of the following best explains why the New England region uses market gardening?

Accepted Answer

East Coast provide a growing market and shorter distances for transporting

Question 22

which explains the similarities of the world regions where at least 51 percent of women work in agriculture?

Accepted Answer

regions are composed of LDC with large rural populations

Question 23

Green Revolution technology has resulted in which of the following in modern agriculture?

Accepted Answer

development of high-yield grains and the expansion of cultivated areas

Question 24

The 2nd Agricultural Revolution began in the 1800's in what country?

Accepted Answer

United Kingdom

Question 25

This practice involves slash and burn methods to fertilize the soil for growing crops

Accepted Answer

shifting cultivation

Question 26

California differs from forms practiced in other Mediterranean areas because...

Accepted Answer

Farms use more irrigation

Question 27

MDC usually grow what type of crops?

Accepted Answer

Commodity

Question 28

This type of farming grows grapes and olives

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean

Question 29

The country colored in red is...

Accepted Answer

Mozambique

Question 30

This type of farming uses small plots of land and has a high cost of input...

Accepted Answer

Intensive farming

Question 31

All of these countries are part of NAFTA except

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 32

statement best explains the connection between land value and agricultural production regions?

Accepted Answer

Grain crops require extensive acreage and land that is less costly

Question 33

Farmers were forced to leave their farms and move to the city for new jobs, this process is called

Accepted Answer

Urbanization

Question 34

Which of the following statements is true for Africa, Middle East, and South Asia?

Accepted Answer

Many women in these regions work on farms and grow food for their families

Question 35

Which of the descriptions is most accurate for a long lot land (linear settlement)

Accepted Answer

pattern of land that goes along rivers and roads

Question 36

Products like cocoa, rubber, and bananas are grown on what type of farm?

Accepted Answer

Plantation

Question 37

Which best explains the differences between the township-and-range and long lot system?

Accepted Answer

T-n-R survey system based on a geometric grid pattern, Longlot w/ water

Question 38

The country colored in red is...

Accepted Answer

Chad

Question 39

In the US which of the following is most used from Transnational corporations

Accepted Answer

coffee

Question 40

The third ring of the Von Thunen Model is characterized by...

Accepted Answer

forests

Question 41

Which of the following statements is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

Feedlots can minimize costs associated with livestock production

Question 42

explanation for the similar impact of large-scale commercial agriculture in MDC and plantation in LDC

Accepted Answer

Both involve the consolidation of family farms and displacement in rural

Question 43

All of these crops come from Meso America except

Accepted Answer

Wheat

Unit 5 AP Human Geography

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Unit 5 AP Human Geography

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