Unit 5 Exam AP HUG
The tpye of commerica agriculture in which a single luxury crop such as coffee, tea, cacao, palm oil, banaas, is gorown in less developed peripheral cpuntries for export to more developed core countries is called
PLantaton agriculture
The two most widely used and distributed Genetically Modified Organisms crops
Soybeans and corn
Which is NOT a form of commercial agriculture
pastoral nomadism
Which region in the US does not follow the rural land use patterns established in the von Thunen model
speciality farming in Southern California
Dramatic increases in global grain production since 1950 have been made possible
an increase in the use of ENERGY and TECHNOLOGY
a food assemblage that includes olives, pita bread, cheese, figs, lamb, and wine is most associated with which of the following?
greece
Which of the following regions was least impacted by the Green Revolution?
Africa
It is estimated that _ of the worlds population is seriously malnourished
1/6
Grain raised in the US is used today primarily for
Animal feed
In recent years, many wooded areas in which region have been deforested to provide beef for hamburgers for fast-cfood chains in the US?
Central and South America
After learning about the envirometnal cosequences of agribusiness, you are fed up. You decide to start your own organic farm. Where in the US would make the most money
California
Which pairing of animals and region is not correct?
Cattle in south asia
Isolated farmsteads in the US evolved as a result of all of the following except:
Colonization by individual pioneer families
Which of the following statements best describes the impact of improvements in trasnportation systems on agriculture?
Corporate farms have gained a creater advaage over family farms
Mixing crops and livestock allows farmers to
Create a system where crops proide food for livestock and the livestock provide maure for crop fertilization
Whic is true of agriculture?
It can be classified as intensive or extensive?
Which of the following developments is predicted by the Avon Thunen model
Extensive cattle raising in northern France
Agriculture practiced in california differs from forms practiced in other mediterranean agricultural regions because in California.
Farms use more irrigation
How did the Green Revolution impact agriculture?
Increased production of cereals
considering the regional ipacts of agriculture and global warming, which of the following crops is most vulnerable to climate change?
Indian wehat
Who would agree the most with the following statement: agriculture caused an unequal balance of wealth that is still in effect today
Jared Diamond
Three of the largest dairy regions in the US are in the Northeast (New York and Pennsylvania, the Upper Midwest (Wisconsin and Minnesota), and Califronia. What explains this phenomenon?
Large urban centers are located in each zone
Which of the following is classified as a tpye of intensive farming?
Market gardening
WHat type of agriculture is gnenerally located on the west coasts of ocntinents, includes dry summer climates of southern California, central Chie, South Africa's cape, Greece and other areas, and involves the gorwing of crops such as grapes, olivs and citrus?
Mediterranean
Which settlement pattern reflects a culture that prioritizes induvidualism
Metes abd bounds
Why is the traditional classificaton of agriculture as a primary economic activity a problem when considering the geography of agriculture
Modern farmers are engaged in production, research, marketing , nad some manufacturing of their products.
Which of the following is a characteristic of shifting cultivation?
Multicropping
Which statement best describes banaa farming, a form of plantatin agriculture in Central America tdoay?
Multinational companies control production and distribution on plantations
The practice of "specialty farming" of expensive crops (such as mushrooms, asparagus, and nursery plants) with somewhat of imited demand is gorwing in what US region?
New england
How did the Second Agricultural Revolution improve agricultural production>
New technologies such as the dril press increased production
In which of the following countries is terracing least likely to e used by farming groups to create additional space and minimize erosion on steep slopes?
Niger
during the first half of the 20th century, which of the following facilittaed the trasnportation of beef over long distances to global markets?
Refridgerated ships
What type of diffusion is most closely associated with the columbian exchange>
Relocation diffusion
A country with a high high percentage of people engaged in agriculture is likely to be in which stage of the demographic transition?
Stage 2
The growth potetial of alternative agricultureal practices such as the growing of ameranth
The growers have no esstablished a nintegrated commodity chain
According to geographyer Carl Sauer, agriculture probalby first originated in:
The fertile crescent
Which of the following revolutions allowed people to start building towns and cities
The first agricultural revoluton
Why do different regions of the United States specialze in different dairy products?
Their relative location with respect to the milkshed
Von thunen emphasized which of the following factors in his model of agricultural land use?
Transportation cost
Which countries are top producers of corn
US, China, Brazil
Which of the following statements would NOT be associated with factors that affect the location of food processing facilities
With more concentrated populations, proximity to markets will take precedence over proximity to raw materials in he new few years
Which of the following is the essential requirement of lowland rice production?
abundant water
US agricultural policies include
all of the above
What advantages do cattle feedlots have over trasditioal methods of livestock ranching?
all of the above
Which of the following is a negative consequence of the Green Revolution?
all of the above
all of the following crops were a part of the columbian exchange except
corn in mexico
California droughts are especially problematic for the truck and fruit farms becasye tey rely heavily on steady rains typical of _ climate zones
humid temperate
The green revolution refers to
hybrid crops introduced to promote agricultural development
____ requires large amounts of labor and capital but smaller amounts of land?
intensive agriculture
Which region is credited as the hearth of maize?
mesoamerica
compared to North American ranchers, commerical ranchers in the Pampas of Agentina, Uruguay, and southern brazil are more likely to
raise livestock primarily for export
Production of agricultural products destined primarily for direct concsumption by the producerrather than for market is called?
subsistence agriculture
Where in the US can you find the largest number of concetrted animal feeding operations CAFO
the northeast
In terms of total tonnage, which of the following is currently the leading export crop in the world?
wheat
The most widely produced grains in the world are
wheat, rice, and maize
