AP Human Geography Unit 5 Practice Test

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Which of the following is NOT an example of extensive farming practices? Plantation Agriculture, Livestock Ranching, Nomadic Herding, Slash-and-Burn

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Plantation Agriculture

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Colonialism profoundly shaped which type of agriculture in the Americas?

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Plantation Farming

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Which is ALWAYS true of Extensive Agriculture?

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Crop yield depends on soil, terrain, climate, and water.

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Which type of agriculture requires the coldest climates? Options: Dairy Farming, Ranching, Commercial Grain Farming, Mixed Crop Farming

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Dairy Farming

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Where would you NOT find a Mediterranean climate? Options: Miami, FL; Napa Valley, CA; Chile; Greece

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Miami, FL

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Which survey system uses rectangular lots that are cheap and easy to plot, giving each farm equal amounts of each kind of soil on the floodplain, the terraces, and the interfluves?

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Township and Range

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Where in the United States would we see the linear settlement such as the French Long-Lot System?

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Louisiana

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Using the images above, which of these would best represent a Dispersed Settlement Pattern? Options: C, A, B, None of the images

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C

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Which of the following contributed to the transfer of plants, animals, crops, and ideas that occurred during the 16th Century between Mesoamerica and Old-World Europe through the Spanish Colonies? Columbian Exchange, Second Agricultural Revolution, Silk Roads, Mercantilism

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Columbian Exchange

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Which of the following is the biggest effect of the Second Agricultural Revolution? Options: Farming shifted from subsistence farming to commercial farming., Development of Genetically Modified Organisms., Technology helped less developed countries become dependent on agriculture for their economies., The number of people that a region can support without degradation to the environment increased.

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Farming shifted from subsistence farming to commercial farming.