Human Geography Agricultural Geography
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?
