Topic Questions Unit 5 Review

Runoff from animal waste has increased the pollution in local water supplies.

Which of the following best explains how the expansion of feedlots for raising cattle has affected environmental sustainability in rural areas?

The township-and-range survey system was based on a geometric grid pattern, while the long-lot system was a rectilinear pattern based upon waterways or roads.

Which of the following best explains the differences between the patterns of land use in the township-and-range system and the long-lot system, as shown in the images?

Both domesticated plants and animals spread across the globe through contagious diffusion in early years by farmers and traders, and later by relocation diffusion through European exploration and colonialism.

Which of the following best explains the diffusion of plants and animals from their hearths of domestication?

Grain crops require extensive acreage and are grown on land that is less costly and farther away from the market than other agricultural land uses.

Based on the diagram of von Thünen's model of agricultural land use, which statement best explains the connection between land value and agricultural production regions?

Irrigation increases the salt content of the soil, which disrupts the growth of crops and degrades soil fertility.

Based on the different types of land use shown in the image, which of the following best explains why soil salinization is a concern in the arid landscape shown?

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

Based on the map, which of the following explains the similarities of the world regions where at least 51 percent of women work in agriculture?

The ring farthest from the market, because the land is less expensive and outweighs transportation costs to get the livestock to market.

Based on von Thünen's model of rural land use in an isolated state, which statement explains the most suitable place for a farmer to purchase a large parcel of land necessary for raising livestock?

The use of improved plant hybrids and agricultural chemicals

Between 1950 and 1990, wheat production in India in average pounds per acre more than tripled, which allowed India to meet its population's need for food. Which of the following best explains this change?

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. Which of the following statements is supported by the comparison of the two maps?

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?

Small-scale farmers in Asia often lacked the resources necessary to acquire the hybrid seeds and the chemical inputs to grow them, leaving large gaps in the success of the Green Revolution outside of urban cores.

During the Green Revolution, agricultural practices from more developed countries diffused to less developed countries in Asia and Africa. Which of the following best explains the Green Revolution's highly variable level of success in increasing agricultural yields?

Farmers' health is at risk in less developed countries, whereas environmental pollution is a risk in more developed countries.

In less developed countries, pesticides are typically applied by hand, whereas pesticides are typically applied by tractors or aircraft in more developed countries. Which of the following best explains the risks associated with pesticide applications?

Tea plantations were established in Sri Lanka by a former European colonial power.

In the South Asian country of Sri Lanka, tea is farmed as a monoculture. Which of the following best explains why tea plantations are common in Sri Lanka and tea exports are important to the country's economy?

Palm oil exports provided substantial corporate profits, but the growth in the industry resulted in heavy deforestation in both countries.

Palm oil, an edible vegetable oil used in processing packaged food products, is obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree, grown only in the tropics. Which of the following explains how global demand for palm oil has proved beneficial and detrimental for countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia?

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. Which of the following best describes the differences in the agricultural practices and land use for these products?

Technological innovations, such as the devices shown in the images, and increased agricultural productivity led to better diets, longer life expectancies, and more people available for work in factories.

The images show devices developed during the Second Agricultural Revolution. Which of the following best describes the impacts of the Second Agricultural Revolution?

The mechanization of farm work allowed many young people to migrate and join a growing urban industrial workforce

The images shown illustrate a change that took place as the Second Agricultural Revolution coincided with the Industrial Revolution. Which of the following compares this geographic relationship between these revolutions?

The river in the long lot survey system provided better access to waterways to transport goods to market.

The two images represent different agricultural land survey patterns. Comparing the two images, which survey system was more efficient in terms of trade?

Feedlots can minimize costs associated with livestock production because feedlots do not use as much space as cattle ranching.

The two images represent two different methods of raising livestock in the United States. Which of the following statements most accurately compares these two agricultural practices?

The mechanization of farming in the Second Agricultural Revolution resulted in more reliable crop harvests and healthier populations in areas where the mechanization was adopted.

The two images show different agricultural methods. In the context of the Second Agricultural Revolution, which of the following trends is represented in these images?

Compared to plain milk or fresh fruit, these value-added agricultural goods significantly increase the price of the farm products sold and increase earnings for farmers.

Which of the following best explains the economic advantage of the type of farm-produced goods shown in the images?

The wheat belt will shift northward.

Which of the following best explains the potential impact of rising global temperatures on agricultural regions?

Both systems require geometric calculations to survey property lines. However, the township-and-range system uses simplified calculation to create a more ordered landscape.

Which of the following best explains the reasons for the similarities and differences between the two land survey systems shown?

Limited farmland encourages intensive farming with intercropping to produce high yields.

Which of the following best explains why farmers would plant both strawberries and watermelons in the same field?

Several large cities on the East Coast provide a growing market and shorter distances for transporting market gardening products.

Which of the following best explains why the New England region, located in the northeastern United States, would specialize in market gardening agriculture rather than other types of agriculture, such as grain farming?

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

Which of the following correctly explains the placement of an agricultural product within von Thünen's agricultural land-use model?

The plants and animals diffused to a region with climate and geography similar to that of their point of domestication.

Which of the following explains the diffusion and successful cultivation of many plants and animals in new regions of the world through the Columbian Exchange?

Commodity chains have led to changes in the spatial organization of agriculture from dispersed family farms to large corporate farms that produce, process, and distribute the products.

Which of the following explains the role of commodity chains in the average size of farms?

In the subsistence-based rural economies in these regions, female farmers produce much of the food that their families need for survival.

Which of the following explains the significance of the similarities between Asia and sub-Saharan Africa in terms of the percent of women working agriculture?

Domestication of plants and animals evolved in each hearth independently of one another as societies in each area learned and applied the process to local plants and animals.

Which of the following explains why multiple early hearths of domestication and diffusion of plants and animals arose across the world in Central America, the Fertile Crescent, the Indus River valley, and Southeast Asia?

Both farming practices involve the consolidation of family farms and displacement of rural communities.

Which of the following is an explanation for the similar impact of large-scale commercial agriculture in developed countries and plantation agriculture in developing countries?

An increase in land and water pollution from agricultural runoff

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

Concentric rings of different agricultural activities surrounding a city in the midwestern United States

Which of the following spatial patterns is best explained by bid-rent theory?

Agribusiness farms have the resources to take advantage of economies of scale.

Why have many family farms in North America been replaced by agribusiness farms since the 1980s?