AP Women in Agriculture

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The images show examples of agricultural technology developed during different time periods. Which of the following statements is best supported by the images?

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Image 2 shows an innovation that occurred in the Second Agricultural Revolution, reducing the amount of labor needed and increasing crop yields.

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Which of the following correctly compares the significance of the different technologies shown in the images? Options: Invention of the plow eased the intensive use of labor, and the innovation of mechanized farm equipment led to improved food production. Invention of the plow enabled an increase in production during the Green Revolution while protecting the environment and reducing pollution from mechanized farm equipment. The mechanized farm equipment shown in image 2 is solely responsible for the improved yields of the Green Revolution over yields produced by the draft animal and plow shown in image 1. The method used to tend the crop in image 2 is more labor intensive than the method used to tend the crop in image 1.

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Invention of the plow eased the intensive use of labor, and the innovation of mechanized farm equipment led to improved food production.

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Which of the following best explains the spatial patterns illustrated in von Thünen’s model? Options: The cost-to-distance ratio of the land-rent curve indicates that the highest-cost land is in large-scale plots on the outermost ring of the model. The cost-of-labor inputs are related to a crop's distance from the market, as more labor-intensive farming is done in large-scale plots far from the market town. Highly perishable agricultural goods are produced in small-scale plots far from the market town, so that they can be more quickly traded with other communities. Labor-intensive farming of vegetables is done in small-scale plots in market gardens, while extensive grain crops are grown in large-scale fields far from the market town.

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Labor-intensive farming of vegetables is done in small-scale plots in market gardens, while extensive grain crops are grown in large-scale fields far from the market town.

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Which of the following best explains why in the model the amount of land used for dairying is much smaller than the pasture used for beef cattle?

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Dairy cows must be kept close to farmhouses, as they require daily milking, and milk must be produced close to consumers, as it is highly perishable.

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Which of the following explains why oranges are available year-round in the United States? Grocery stores sell oranges that are grown in locations with similar climates but different growing seasons.

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Grocery stores sell oranges that are grown in locations with similar climates but different growing seasons.

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Which of the following best explains the significance of a similarity among locations where olives, figs, grapes and lemons are grown?

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Intensive agriculture is practiced in a Mediterranean climate.

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Which of the following best explains the significance of similarities between the farming practices for apple orchards and grape vineyards?

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Both farming practices occur in the same climate region, which is found in places such as Italy and South Africa.

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Which of the following best describes the survey methods used to delineate agricultural land and the associated settlement patterns shown in the two images? Options: The first image shows a long-lot survey method with a linear settlement pattern, and the second image shows a metes-and-bounds survey method with a dispersed settlement pattern. The first image shows a long-lot survey method with a linear settlement pattern, and the second image shows a township-and-range survey method with a clustered settlement pattern. The first image shows a long-lot survey method with a clustered settlement pattern, and the second image shows a metes-and-bounds survey method with a linear settlement pattern. The first image shows a metes-and-bounds survey system with a dispersed settlement pattern, and the second image shows a township-and-range survey method with a linear settlement pattern. The first image shows a township-and-range survey system with a linear settlement pattern, and the second image shows a long-lot survey method with a dispersed settlement pattern.

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The first image shows a long-lot survey method with a linear settlement pattern, and the second image shows a metes-and-bounds survey method with a dispersed settlement pattern.

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Which of the following best describes the settlement patterns shown in the images? Options: The township-and-range system results in a widely dispersed population, whereas the metes-and-bounds system results in a random, dispersed population pattern. The metes-and-bounds system results in population clustered along a waterway, whereas the long-lot system results in a random, dispersed population pattern. The township system results in a more urban population distribution, while the long-lot system results in a more rural population distribution. The long-lot system results in population clustered along a waterway, whereas the metes-and-bounds system results in a random, dispersed population pattern. The irregular large estate system reinforces divisions based on socioeconomic status, while the metes-and-bounds system is more egalitarian.

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The township-and-range system results in a widely dispersed population, whereas the metes-and-bounds system results in a random, dispersed population pattern.

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Which of the following best describes the survey system used in both locations shown? Long lot: nucleated linear settlements with all of the houses arranged along a road or river, Circular rural settlements: a ring of houses that surround a central open space for keeping livestock, Township and range: unit-block field patterns with dispersed farmsteads and occasional villages, Fragmented: land-holdings that allow each farmer a variety of fields dispersed through the community, Metes and bounds: irregular field patterns with clustered farmsteads in river valleys.

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Township and range: unit-block field patterns with dispersed farmsteads and occasional villages