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APHG Unit 5 Review: Agriculture
APHG Unit 5 Review: Agriculture
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Which of these is not an affecting factor of the main elements of the global food distribution networks?
2nd world countries
Patterns of World trade
Infrastructure
Political relationships
2
Which area on the map below is least likely to be part of the production of a bag of potato chips and why?
C; Due to having a tourist based economy, production and processing is rare
E; Infrastructural issues limiting access to international trade
A; Mexico is largely isolated due to government policies limiting migration
B; This area is disadvantageous to grow potato's due to climate
3
What assumptions does the Von Thunen make
Farming is always commercial
All of the above
One Market(Isolated state)
Land is isotopic
4
Which types of agriculture does this image represent
Subsistence
Intensive
Extensive
Commercial
5
What initially caused diffusion of crops, livestock, disease
First Agricultural Revolution
British colonialism
The Columbian Exchange
An increase export and import zones as a result of WWII
6
Based on the info on map below, what may be a problem in places like most of the US or certain parts of Brazil.
The environmental affects of animal waste: Methane gas, ammonia, etc.
Lack of biodiversity in major ecosystems
Lack of nutrients in the soil
Triangle and Circle
7
what sector does the image below best suit?
primary sector, export based
tertiary sector, high rise large buildings
secondary sector, processing
Quaternary sector, researching and science
8
Which of the following is a challenge of feeding a global population
Land use lost to suburbanization
All of the above
Adverse weather
Distribution interuptions
9
What has been a direct result of agribusiness growing?
Triangle and rhombus
Increase in farms and decrease in size of them.
Worsen wealth disparity between those in the core and the periphery
Changed the way farming is practiced into a commercialized industry
10
What is a major affect of Commercial Farming
More people go into the agricultural workforce
Little food made means food deserts start to arise
More industries are made because of a surplus of food
A surplus of food resulting in a population boom
11
What are some characteristics of intensive agriculture?
less land being used, high yield per acre
large land mass being used, high yield per acre
less land being used, low yield per acre
large land mass being used low yield per acre
12
What is the overall cause of a decrease in family farms due to the green revolution?
Folk culture and resistance to globalization
Commercial companies like Purdue compete & produce at higher profit margin
Inability to access certain resources that increase yield and profit margin
A much larger work force and access to outsourcing in other countries
13
What obstacle is not generally an obstacle that limits gender equality in agriculture
All of the above are obstacles that limit gender equality
Economic: Women have to supervise children, household, and farming
Political: Pronatalism policies force women to take time to raise children
Cultural: Social norms prevent women from owning their own land
14
Which answer BEST describes why are crops grown in places like the Mediterranean grow at such a large scale?
Climates there make it hard to replicate these specialized crops
Other crops can be harvested in other climates
None of the above
the scale of economy makes it easy to replicate
15
Which of these are the most likely outcomes of the mechanization of farms
Land shortage due the increased machiness
Increased use of fertilizers and machines
Reduced labor workforce
Rhombus and Square
16
Which is a type of extensive agriculture?
Plantation agriculture
Mixed Crops and Livestock
Market Gardening
Shifting Cultivations
17
What is the most likely reason for the hybridization and cross breeding of seeds?
To Make the grain more resistant to nature
To make 2 in 1 to not have to plant as many seeds for more profit.
To Create more variants of a grain to sell
To reduce soil strain with less seeds.
18
What can be a result of poor farming techniques in developing countries
All of the above
Soil erosion
Monocropping
Water pollution
19
Which of these is NOT a difference between subsistence and commercial agriculture
Size of Farms
Percentage of farmers
Irrigation usage
The use of machinery
20
Relationships between former colonies and parent countries are generally tense, making trade difficult
False
True
21
Which of these is a positive of agriculture?
Increased use of pesticides
Overgrazing/Overfarming
None of the above
Deforestation
22
Pesticides are the main cause of Eutrophication
False
True
23
As meat consumption world wide increases dramatically, what is a likely environmental affect
Economic growth in countries that specialize in meat production.
Mass deforestation to make room for ranching fields
All of the above
Increased environmental damage due to animal wastes like methane gas.
24
Based on the map of chemical fertilizer usage across the US, what can you expect to see in lakes in the central US.
Mass aquatic plant growth in lakes due to chemical run-off
Mass eutrophication, and potential ecological dead zones
Rhombus and Square
High amounts of agricultural yield
25
What is the main reason that ranching and livestock is located at the outside of the Von Thunen Model.
Land has higher value due to higher soil quality
Being far from the market means less competition
The environmental effects of ranching forces it to the outskirts
Ranching and livestock is extensive and requires more land.
26
Which of these is an influence on the movement patterns of pastoral nomadism?
Topography
All of the above
Climate
Type of livestock
27
Which Region of the world appears to have the largest clusters of undernourished peoples
Northern Africa with the exception of Libya and Tunsia
Central Africa with the exception of the DRC and south Sudan
The Americas with the exception of Canada, the US, and parts of Mexico
South East Asia with the exception of Brunei and Singapore
28
Referring to the graph, Why does the US have such a low agricultural labor force compared to India or Guatemala?
India's significantly denser population requires more agricultural produce
The US imports agricultural produce, doesn't need an agricultural workforce
Political policies incentivizing tertiary sector labor
With the developed state of the US, Machinery replaces the work force.
29
What is the main reason for why the green revolution did not work in Africa
Africa's low developed state causes a lack in workforce to work in it.
Rhombus and square
The green revolution is too expensive
Diversity of soil types across Africa's landscape
30
Where was the agricultural hearth of wheat and barley specifically?
Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
Southwest Asia
Central America
31
What type of village does the image below represent?
Dispersed village
Township and range
Linear village
Clustered village
32
Which of these is a likely negative outcome of the green revolution?
Loss of biodiversity
Better yields
Animal rights abuse
Decrease in Family farms
33
Based on the info in the graph, which African country likely has the highest percent of females employed in agriculture
Mozambique
Democratic Republic of Congo
Yemen
South Sudan
34
what type of survey method is represented below?
township and range
linear
metes and bounds
long lot
35
What type of machinery was among the first to harvest plants?
Plow
Nomadic Herding
McCormick Plow
McCormick Reaper
36
Which is true about the spatial distribution of organic farms across the US
Triangle and Rhombus
Organic farms are largely uncommon in the US
Absence in the south is from lack of arable land/low physiological density
While present across the US, they seem to cluster in the north and west
37
what sector does the image best represent?
tertiary
secondary
Rhombus and circle depending on the context
primary
38
Based on the percentage of yield rates shown on the image, which countries benefited the most from the Green Revolution?
Iran
China
Turkey
Afghanistan
39
Which of these describes a food desert?
An area, commonly far from the coast, where export is limited
A place with a surplus of food that can support many people
An area without any access to food or water
Area where there is no access to nutritious food
