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APHG Unit 5
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After the Agricultural Revolution people stopped moving around to look for food
True
False
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Bid-rent theory
agriculture needing more land should be closer to market
most expensive land found furthest from market
challenges the von Thunen model of land cost
aligns with the land cost factor in the von Thunen model
3
What is the MAIN reason for deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest?
Chopping trees down to make furniture
Clearing land for agriculture, such as cattle ranching & soybean farming
To build luxury resorts and theme parks
To make way to build new roads
4
The following are all factors in the Green Revolution except
pesticides
low-cost human labor
chemical fertilizers
plant hybridization
5
During the First Agricultural Revolution, people discovered
How to farm
How to genetically modify farm foods
How to use machines to farm
How to use pesticides in farming
6
The introduction of the Green Revolution in India was intended to
stop desertification
protect endangered species
preserve the rain forest
increase crop yields
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Rural settlement patterns are classified as...
clustered, dispersed, or linear
density, pattern, or concentration
urban, suburban, or counterurban
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Which of the following types of agriculture is found almost exclusively in tropical areas
Grain farming
Shifting cultivation
Pastoral nomadism
Mediterranean
9
What was one way that the agricultural revolution contributed to the Industrial Revolution?
it replaced strip farms
it tied peasants even more closely to the land
it triggered a population explosion
it ended feudalism
10
What monocultural crop was most associated with China and India during the 1800s?
coffee
palm oil
tea
sugar
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"Metes and bounds" describes
The perimeter by using lines of symmetry
The surface area of a parcel of land
The area by using air rights rules
The perimeter by using landmarks, monuments, distance, and angles
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The biotechnical agricultural revolution is best characterized by
the incorporation of genetically modified crops
the integration of crop rotation systems with technology
the development of more palatable grains
the use of integrated pest management
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Which of these strategies is a sustainable way to manage deforestation rates?
Taxation and tariffs on timber exports
Selective logging and afforestation
Policing of illegal logging
Banning logging of some trees
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The two most important costs according to the Von Thunen model are
Capital and Research
Land and Transportation
Labor and Land
Labor and Capital
15
Which of the following is a periphery country in the core-periphery model?
Sudan
France
South Africa
Turkey
16
According to Von Thunen, dairy farming would occur in ring #
four
three
one
two
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True or False: Women in LDCs play a greater role in agriculture than do women in MDCs.
False
True
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The second agricultural revolution was influenced by
plant domestication
biotechnology
the industrial revolution
domestication of horses
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Commodity chains focus on:
The marketing and adverstising of AG products.
The entire AG commodity process from planting/raising to retail sales.
The process of producing the commodity: Raising crops or livestock.
The transportation of AG products from farm to retail.
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Which of the following types of agriculture requires the most land (extensive)?
Dairy
Ranching
Grain farming
Commercial gardening
21
All of the following regions were agricultural hearths EXCEPT
Central America
The Fertile Crescent
Southeast Asia
Northern Europe
22
What is it called when corporations use commercial agriculture to gain a profit?
Industry
Profit Agriculture
Agriculture
Agribusiness
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What are the main reasons for deforestation?
Humans are greedy
Space for agriculture, new infrastructure and growing fuels
Space needed for agriculture
For building new homes and farms
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What is SUBSISTENCE farming?
growing crops to trade
growing crops native to your area
growing crops to sell
raising crops to support one’s own family
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The primary purpose of commercial agriculture is to
make a profit
sustain the rural way of life
produce a product in a sustainable manner
produce a superior product
26
Hearths of
Agriculture
When india started there ag revolution
When FFA was founded
places where innovative agricultural practices originate
Tilling the soil each year
27
Wheat & Grain farming typifies extensive commercial agriculture?
True
False
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Which of these is a characteristic of the long lots system?
It gave everyone access to mountain roads
It sought to disperse settlers evenly across farmlands.
It divided land into narrow parcels
It divided land into rectangular parcels.
29
soil salinization
when Mrs. Nnawor gives you extra credit
when water washes away topsoil
when salt water enters soil
when nutrients are leached through soil
30
Most women in agriculture worldwide
are also political leaders in rural communties
are involved in deforestation to clear land
are found in subsistence LDC rural economies
own their own land
31
Which of the following is a semi-periphery country in the core-periphery pattern?
Japan
India
Ethiopia
United States
32
Subsistence agriculture dominates in
less developed countries
mid-latitude climates
none of the above
more developed countries
33
Which of the following is an example of monoculture?
a wheat field
a forest
a flowerbed
a vegetable garden
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Periphery Country
2nd World Country
3rd World Country
1st World Country
