AP Human Geography commonly missed Agriculture questions

Transportation and Agriculture

According to the Von Thunen model, longer a food can go without getting spoiled, the farther it can be grown from the center of town

Blue Revolution

New techniques of fish farming that may contribute as much to human nutrition as miracle cereal grains but also may create social and environmental problems

Globalization of Agriculture

has led to a dangerous connections of world economies; if crops fail in some parts of the world, global food prices soar

Metallic and Nonmetallic Minerals

have shiny surfaces, don't let light pass through them, are good conductors of heat and electricity, can be processed into strong metals that don't rust, and some can be pounded or pressed into various shapes or stretched thinly VS can have shiny or dull surfaces, may let light pass through, good insulators of electricity, and most widely used minerals in industry.

Fishing

...Fishing

Hamlet

A small village

Petroleum

An oily, dark-colored, flammable liquid found in the earth, consisting mainly of a mixture of various hydrocarbons

Agricultural Production in the United States

Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Cotton, etc.

Mining and Quarrying

Extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, vein, or coal seam. Any material that cannot be grown from agricultural processes, or created artificially, is mined

Environmental Implications of Agriculture

Impacts on the natural environment and the environment which people interact with nature

Rural Settlements

Live in villages, hamlets on farms, or in other isolated houses. Typically have an agricultural character, with an economy based on logging, mining, petroleum, natural gas or tourism (Eco-tourism)

Other Primary Economic Activities

Mining, fishing, lumbering, and especially agriculture

Food Production vs Agriculture

One refers to the way the products are processed and the other refers to how much of it is produced

Deforestation

The process of stripping the land of its trees, loss of forests

Urban Sprawl and Agriculture

The process of urban areas expanding outwards, usually in the form of suburbs, and developing over fertile agricultural land.

Poultry Preduction

the raising of domesticated birds such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese, for the purpose of farming meat or eggs for food

Forestry

the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber

Cadastral Pattern

the shapes formed by property borders; the pattern of land ownership

Economic System

the system of production and distribution and consumption and allocating resources in a society (Market Economy, Command Economy)