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Which of the following is the best example of extensive land use in agriculture?

A sheep ranch

Subsistence agriculture is most common in which of the following regions?

Amazon Basin

Which of the following social or environmental impacts is most directly related to the use of chemicals in agriculture?

An increase in land and water pollution from agricultural runoff

Which of the following best explains the diffusion of plants and animals from their hearths of domestication?

Both domesticated plants and animals spread across the globe through contagious diffusion in early years by farmers and traders, and later by relocation diffusion through European exploration and colonialism.

Which of the following agricultural practices has the most significant long-term environmental impact in tropical regions?

Burning extensive areas of forested land to create pasture, which decreases biodiversity

Which of the following best explains the economic advantage of the type of farm-produced goods shown in the images?

Compared to plain milk or fresh fruit, these value-added agricultural goods significantly increase the price of the farm products sold and increase earnings for farmers.

Which of the following is a subsistence crop?

Corn

In less developed countries, pesticides are typically applied by hand, whereas pesticides are typically applied by tractors or aircraft in more developed countries. Which of the following best explains the risks associated with pesticide applications?

Correct. In a country with a lower level of economic development pesticides would be applied by human labor putting the farmer and farm workers at risk. In countries with higher levels of economic development, pesticides are applied mechanically, or through crop dusting, which spreads the pesticides over a greater area and has a negative impact on the environment.

The shaded areas on the map above most likely indicate regions that are affected or threatened by which of the following?

Desertification

The two images represent two different methods of raising livestock in the United States. Which of the following statements most accurately compares these two agricultural practices?

Feedlots can minimize costs associated with livestock production because feedlots do not use as much space as cattle ranching.

The above map shows von Thünen's model applied to a map of the contiguous United States. Which of the following realities would NOT be accounted for by the theoretical predictions shown on the map?

Florida's government has a Department of Citrus.

In the subsistence-based rural economies in these regions, female farmers produce much of the food that their families need for survival.

In the subsistence-based rural economies in these regions, female farmers produce much of the food that their families need for survival.

Based on the different types of land use shown in the image, which of the following best explains why soil salinization is a concern in the arid landscape shown?

Irrigation increases the salt content of the soil, which disrupts the growth of crops and degrades soil fertility.

Which of the following developments is predicted by the von Thünen model of land use around cities?

Large-scale growing of flowers and vegetables in the Netherlands

Which of the following best explains why farmers would plant both strawberries and watermelons in the same field?

Limited farmland encourages intensive farming with intercropping to produce high yields.

Compare the two maps and examine the data for Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. Which of the following statements is supported by the comparison of the two maps?

Many women in these regions work on farms and grow food for their families, but not all are paid to do this work.

What kind of agriculture is primarily practiced in the dark-shaded areas on the map above?

Mediterranean

Which of the following is a characteristic of shifting cultivation?

Multicropping

Which of the following best explains how the expansion of feedlots for raising cattle has affected environmental sustainability in rural areas?

Runoff from animal waste has increased the pollution in local water supplies.

Which of the following best explains why the New England region, located in the northeastern United States, would specialize in market gardening agriculture rather than other types of agriculture, such as grain farming?

Several large cities on the East Coast provide a growing market and shorter distances for transporting market gardening products.

Sheep production in New Zealand and poultry production in Arkansas produce food animals for human consumption. Which of the following best describes the differences in the agricultural practices and land use for these products?

Sheep production is an example of extensive agriculture requiring large pastures, whereas poultry production is an example of intensive agriculture often practiced indoors.

During the Green Revolution, agricultural practices from more developed countries diffused to less developed countries in Asia and Africa. Which of the following best explains the Green Revolution's highly variable level of success in increasing agricultural yields?

Small-scale farmers in Asia often lacked the resources necessary to acquire the hybrid seeds and the chemical inputs to grow them, leaving large gaps in the success of the Green Revolution outside of urban cores.

In which of the following world regions has the Green Revolution had the least impact on agriculture?

Sub-Saharan Africa

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

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

The two images show different agricultural methods. In the context of the Second Agricultural Revolution, which of the following trends is represented in these images?

The mechanization of farming in the Second Agricultural Revolution resulted in more reliable crop harvests and healthier populations in areas where the mechanization was adopted.

Which of the following explains the diffusion and successful cultivation of many plants and animals in new regions of the world through the Columbian Exchange?

The plants and animals diffused to a region with climate and geography similar to that of their point of domestication.

Based on von Thünen's model of rural land use in an isolated state, which statement explains the most suitable place for a farmer to purchase a large parcel of land necessary for raising livestock?

The ring farthest from the market, because the land is less expensive and outweighs transportation costs to get the livestock to market.

Which of the following best explains the potential impact of rising global temperatures on agricultural regions?

The wheat belt will shift northward.

Which of the following correctly explains the placement of an agricultural product within von Thünen's agricultural land-use model?

Tomatoes are grown closest to the market because they spoil quicker than beef or grain.

Von Thünen emphasized which of the following factors in his model of agricultural land use?

Transportation cost

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

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

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

subsistence agriculture

Palm oil, an edible vegetable oil used in processing packaged food products, is obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree, grown only in the tropics. Which of the following explains how global demand for palm oil has proved beneficial and detrimental for countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia?

Palm oil exports provided substantial corporate profits, but the growth in the industry resulted in heavy deforestation in both countries.

Nomadic pastoralism is an extensive agricultural system practiced

in the dry regions of Africa and Asia

Genetic engineering of agricultural crops has primarily increased the productivity of modern farming by

increasing plants' drought resistance and resistance to pests

Which of the following explains why multiple early hearths of domestication and diffusion of plants and animals arose across the world in Central America, the Fertile Crescent, the Indus River valley, and Southeast Asia?

Domestication of plants and animals evolved in each hearth independently of one another as societies in each area learned and applied the process to local plants and animals.