Key Issues 10.4: Thinking Spatially

Von Thunen's model can best be used to explain the location of which of the following types of agriculture?

• dairying in the Northeast of the U.S.
• pastoral nomadism in the dry lands of North Africa
• shifting cultivation in the tropics of South America
• intensive subsistence in South China

According to the von Thunen model, timber production was located in the second ring from the city because of what factor?

• labor intensive harvesting methods
• perishability
• sensitive delivery time
• product weight

Which of the following is not a strategy for increasing food supply?

• increasing land productivity
• expanding arable land area
• increasing tariffs on grain exports
• increasing exports of surplus production

Farmers in more developed and less developed countries share which of the following problems?

• limited access to chemical fertilizers
• inadequate income
• lack of equipment and technology
• declining market demand

Less developed countries generate funds to promote development through:

• bartering with urban residents.
• feeding the rapidly growing population.
• adopting shifting cultivation.
• selling crops for export.

In what zone of von Thunen's model would the mixed fruit and vegetable production method of farming best fit?

• market gardening
• dairy
• livestock fattening
• livestock ranching

The overgrazing of pasture areas in arid climates has caused which environmental problem?

• global warming
• soil regeneration
• desertification
• mass starvation

The primary factor in von Thunen's model for choosing commercial farm products is:

• land price.
• proximity to market.
• climate.
• labor costs.