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Increasing mechanization of machinery utilized by farmers, consolidation of smaller farms into larger corporate units, increasing crop specialization to resist drought

As a result of the Third Agricultural Revolution, rural areas in the United States have witnessed which phenomena?

Green Revolution

Norman Borlaug was a leader in which movement?

use of chemicals, hybrid seeds, higher yields, increased mechanization

What are the components of the Green Revolution?

overall food production

What has increased in more developed countries (MDC) during the twentieth century?

terracing

What is a common farming adaptation in mountainous terrane?

market

What is found at the center of the von Thϋnen Model?

depletion of soil nutrients

What is partially responsible for the food supply problems in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Canada

Which country is the United States' largest trading partner in terms of agricultural commodities?

wheat, rice, corn

Which crops were first impacted by the Green Revolution?

increase in family farms worldwide

Which is NOT a component of the Green Revolution?

extensive grain or livestock grazing

Which of the following activities is MOST likely to be found in the outermost ring of the von Thϋnen Model?

milk

According to the von Thϋnen Model, the crops grown in an area are most directly related to their transportation costs. Which of the following would MOST likely be produced closest to a major market?

tomato, milk, wheat, cattle

According to the von Thϋnen model, what would be the proper placement of the products as they move away from the market?

distance to the market and weight of the product

According to the von Thϋnen Model, different types of farming are conducted at different distances from a city. What principles determine whether a farmer will be successful?

dependence upon the weather

Commercial agriculture is distinguished from subsistence agriculture by all of the following EXCEPT:

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

Green Revolution technologies have resulted in which of the following?

3050

How many food calories (kcal) per capita per day will the world consume in the year 2030?

significantly increase

If all of the orange crops in Florida, California and Arizona were to freeze, what would happen to the price of orange juice in most of the United States?

North America and European Union

In the years 1989-2004, the United States exported the most hardwood lumber to which two regions?

mixed crop and livestock

In which form of commercial agriculture are crops produced primarily for feed animals?

southwest and northwest

In which two regions of Minnesota are dairy farms concentrated?

Eastern Chile

Mediterranean agriculture is typically practiced in which region?

sugar beets

Minnesota is the nation's leading producer of which of the following products?

prairie

Most crop production in Minnesota occurs within which native vegetative region?

extensive commercial

Ranching is a good example of which type of agriculture?

pastoral nomadism

Ranching is practiced in a climate region MOST similar to that of which other type of agriculture?

timber

The Northeastern region of Minnesota is known for which major agricultural economic industry?

food distribution and ability to pay

The world currently produces enough food for every man, woman and child to be obese. What BEST explains why people are still malnourished today?

farming

What is the major economic activity of the Southern region of Minnesota?

Mediterranean agriculture

What is the predominant form of agriculture in coastal California?

livestock feed

What is the primary use of corn grown today in the United States?

subsistence agriculture

What is the term for farming just enough food for survival?

commercial farming

What is the term for growing farm products with the intent to sell?

double cropping

What practice is commonly used in southeastern China to increase food production?

agribusiness

What term BEST describes the integration of farms into a large food production industry in the United States today?

intensive subsistence

What type of agriculture is practiced by MOST Asian farmers?

intensive subsistence

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

costal flat lands

Which of the following characteristics do Mediterranean agricultural regions have in common?

human preference

Which of the following factors does the von Thϋnen Model NOT consider?

Southeast Asia, Mesoamerica, Southwest Asia (the Middle East)

Which of the following includes the world's earliest centers of plant domestication?

slash-and-burn farming

Which of the following is NOT a form of commercial farming?

increasing tariffs on grain exports

Which of the following is NOT a strategy for increasing food supplies?

biotechnology

Which of the following is a primary characteristic of the Third Agricultural Revolution?

rice production in eastern China

Which of the following is an example of labor-intensive agriculture?

vegetable farming

Which of the following predominant forms of agriculture in the United States?

Southeast Asia, Mesoamerica, Southwest Asia

Which of the includes the world's earliest centers of plant domestication?

northeast

Which region of Minnesota is the LEAST agriculturally productive?

wheat and corn

Which two agricultural commodities are major exports from the United States?

they are close to the corn fields

Why are ethanol plants in Minnesota located in the Southwest region?

they were engaged in collecting plant resources

Why did women play a crucial role in the domestication of plants?


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