AP Human Geography: Unit 7 Agriculture

Unlike most other types of agriculture, plantation agriculture is

A form of commercial agriculture found in developing countries

Which of the following regions is most threatened by desertification?

Africa

Which is not a characteristic of shifting cultivation?

All of the above are characteristics

According to von Thunen, which of the following activities would take place in the outermost ring around a market center?

Animal grazing

Hunting and gathering societies

Are found in isolated places in the world

Both shifting agriculturalists and commercial farmers practice crop rotation, but commercial farmers

Are less likely to allow fields to remain fallow

During the winter months in North America, the primary source of fruits and vegetables found in grocery stores is

Chile

The different areas of the world where Mediterranean agriculture predominates have similar

Climate

Early hunter and gatherer societies differed from early agricultural societies in that hunter and gatherer societies were

Less likely to be characterized by gender inequality

In which of the following countries is the largest percentage of workers employed in the primary sector?

Nigeria

In the Mediterranean area, the most important cash crops are

Olives and grapes

Which of the following best describes shifting cultivation?

Primarily a subsistence practice, it involves a farmer using a plot and then abandoning it for return at a later time

Where would you most likely find the greatest concentration of feedlots in America?

South Dakota

In which of the following areas was rice probably domesticated earliest?

Southeast Asia

Labor-intensive intertillage is often practiced in

Southeast Asia

Two independent seed agriculture hearths that originated in the West Hemisphere were

Southern Mexico and Peru

The first group to integrate seed agriculture with domestication of herd animals was probably in

Southwest Asia

After corn, the most important crop in the United States mixed crop and livestock region is

Soybeans

The Green Revolution has had the least impact on people who live in

Sub-Saharan Africa

Historically, linear rural settlements were developed primarily because of

The need for access to a river or other means of communication

All of the following resulted from the British enclosure movement in the 1850s EXCEPT

The number of farm owners rose dramatically

The "worlds breadbasket" is located in

The prairies of North America

Which one of the following statements does NOT correctly describe plantations?

The soil type is the main element determining what a plantation produces

The main features that distinguish commercial agriculture from subsistence agriculture include all of the following except

Whether crops are grown or animals are raised

The Green Revolution introduced the use of

Chemical fertilizers

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

A sheep ranch

Refrigerated ships and railroad cars most directly benefitted the long-distance transportation to global markets of

Beef

Which of the following is LEAST likely to be produced in Mediterranean agriculture?

Butter

According to von Thunen's model, a commercial farmer is most concerned with which of these costs?

Cost of the land and cost of transporting output to market

Pastoral nomadism is most commonly found in which climate region?

Dry

The use of seed agriculture, the plow, and draft animals started the

First Agricultural Revolution

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

Greece

The Second Agricultural Revolution developed at the same time as

Growing urban markets were demanding increased food production

Shifting cultivation is most commonly found in which climate region?

Humid low-latitude

All of the following factors are serious negative consequences of the Green Revolution EXCEPT

Increased crop production

Which of the following correctly lists the four major ancient culture hearths?

Indus Valley, Mesopotamia, Nile Valley, North China

The form of subsistence agriculture that feeds the largest number of people in the developing world is

Intensive subsistence

Which type of agriculture is practiced by the largest percentage of the world's people?

Intensive subsistence

According to Carl Sauer, which of the following is true about plant domestication?

It first occurred in diversified habitats with a variety of species

In von Thunen's theory, the key variable in an agricultural location decision is

Labor cost

All of the following are true of truck farming EXCEPT

Labor costs are often relatively high on these large-scale farming operations

What is the purpose of crop rotation?

Maintaining the fertility of fields

The primary factor in the von Thunen's model for choosing commercial farm products is

Market location

Which of the following is the most common form of commercial agriculture in Europe?

Mixed crops and livestock farming

One difference between subsistence and commercial agriculture is that with commercial agriculture

More extensive use is made of fertilizers

Increasing global food production by expanding the amount of land under cultivation is limited by the fact that

Most of the world's arable land is already under cultivation

Which of the following does NOT characterize modern industrial agriculture?

Prices met by individual needs of farmers

The farther a dairy farm is from a large urban are the lower the percentage of output devoted to fresh milk. This occurs primarily because

Processed milk is less perishable

Subsistence agriculture is always characterized by

Production only for family consumption

The goal of commercial agriculture is

Profit maximization

The most significant anticipated benefit of the enclosure movement in Great Britain was to

Promote agricultural efficiency

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

Raise livestock primarily for export

The focus of the Green Revolution was

Reducing starvation in less-developed countries

Which of the following may NOT be categorized as a primary activity?

Refining petroleum into gasoline

Labor-intensive interillage is most likely to take place in areas where farmers practice

Shifting cultivation

Which of the following pairs of agricultural types occupies the largest percentage of the world's total land area?

Shifting cultivation and nomadic herding

Which of the following are both forms of extensive subsistence farming?

Shifting cultivation and pastoral nomadism

The practice of shifting cultivation

Slash and burn agriculture

A farmer who produces only enough food for the immediate family is practicing

Subsistence farming

In which of the following areas has desertification had the strongest negative impact on food production?

The African Sahel

In what area of the United States are land parcels most likely to be rectilinear?

The Midwest

The land survey system that makes use of natural features to mark irregular parcels of land is called

The metes and bounds approach

The seasonal migration of animal livestock from lowland pastures to mountainous regions is termed

Transhumance

In which of the following areas is livestock most likely to be sold in the domestic market?

United States

Which of the following accurately describes the evolution of food production from the earliest development to the latest?

Vegetable agriculture, seed agriculture, the Colombian Exchange

In the Eastern Hemisphere, seed agriculture probably originated in which of the following?

Western India, Northern China, Ethiopia

Which of the following was NOT a commodity first raised in the Americas and traded to the Eastern Hemisphere during the Colombian Exchange?

Wheat

Using von Thunen's model of rural land use, which of the following agricultural products would be produced farthest from an urban market?

Wool