Unit 5 test

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

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

Greece

A food assemblage that includes olives, pita bread, cheese, figs, lamb, and wine is most associated with which country?

Costs of labor, transport, and land rent

According to the von Thünen model, what economic factors determine the pattern of land use shown on the diagram?

farms use more irrigation

Agriculture practiced in California differs from forms practiced in other Mediterranean agricultural regions because in California

Abundant water

An essential requirement of lowland rice production?

A sheep ranch

An example of extensive land use in agriculture?

Milk

In North America, what is frequently consumed items is most likely to be supplied by a trans-national corporation?

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

Compare the two maps and examine the data for Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. What is a comparison of the two maps?

raise livestock primarily for export

Compared to North American ranchers, commercial ranchers in the Pampas of Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil are more likely to....

an increase in the use of energy and technology

Dramatic increases in global grain production since 1950 have been made possible by

Refrigerated ships

During the first half of the twentieth century, which facilitated the transportation of beef over long distances to global markets?

The Green Revolution represents a jump in agricultural technology, but the population will still grow faster than our ability to produce food will over the long run.

Explain a neo-Malthusian (remember this guy from unit 2 yeah it is about to start connecting) perspective on the Green Revolution?

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

Explain the placement of an agricultural product within von Thünen's agricultural land-use model? (Where foods/animals are grown or raised in relation to the urban market)

production only for family consumption

Subsistence agriculture is always characterized by

A rural agricultural region in the United States

In reading the landscape of the image, a geographer will most likely describe the land-survey pattern shown as typical of which of the following locations

Southeast Asia

Labor-intensive intertillage is often practiced in

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

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

a shift to animal raising

The clearing of tropical rain forests for agriculture frequently results in

Desertification

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

intensive agriculture based on irrigation

Traditionally, the Ganges Valley and the Nile Valley have had comparatively high population densities because of their

These regions are composed of less-developed countries with large rural populations.

Using that first map, explain the similarities of the world regions where at least 51 percent of women work in agriculture?

The states in northern Mexico and northern India would not show any production

Using the same map, If the map was reproduced at the subnational state or provincial scale, as Hawaii is on the map, what changes in the pattern would be expected in other parts of the world?

Extensive grain or stock raising

What activities is most likely to be found in the outermost zone of von Thünen's model of agricultural land use?

Worldwide fertilizer use is increasing but faster in peripheral developing countries

What can be indicated on the graph above?

Less fossil fuel is used in transporting food to market.

What is the most often cited environmental benefit of the eat-local movement?

An increase in land and water pollution from agricultural runoff

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

Midlatitude climates tend to support similar agricultural crops and practices, such as wheat farming in the United States and China.

Which of the following best explains the importance of climate to agricultural practices?

Within tropical latitudes

With the exception of Hawaii, the map shows the pattern of production for coffee beans by country. Describe the pattern of coffee bean production at a global scale?