Unit 5 / Chapter 10 Agriculture

According to von Thunen's Model, which agricultural zone is closest to the market?

• Livestock
• Commercial Grain
• Dairy Farming
• Forestry

All of the following are assumptions made in the von Thunen model EXCEPT

• Terrain has forested areas with several small lakes and rivers
• Farmers sell all of their harvest
• The city is located centrally within an isolated state
• Soil and climate are the same

The result of overgrazing in semi-arid climates like the Sahel in Africa is

• environmental modification

• desertification

• aquaculture

• desalination

Which crop is associated with intensive agriculture?

• Corn
• Rice
• Wheat
• Cotton

Farmers that produce food that they need to survive on a daily basis are called

• Commercial agriculture
• Industrial agriculture
• Slash-and-burn agriculture
• subsistence agriculture

Which of the following is true about slash-and-burn agriculture in the 21st century?

• It can take decades to replenish the soil with nutrients
• Farmers stay in one place
• Rain forests are not as risk
• Nitrogen is removed from the soil

Agricultural hearths developed in four areas around the world EXCEPT

• Central America
• Eastern Europe
• Northwestern South America
• Western Africa

A major benefit to crop rotation would be

• Several different crops produced in the same year

• Nitrogen is put into the soil, which is needed for plants

• Requires less manual labor

• Farmers can replenish the soil and improve agricultural productivity

Mediterranean agriculture must be practiced in a climate that has

• Wet summer, dry winter

• Plentiful rainfall year round

• Dry summer, cool moist winter

• Mild and dry year round

The Third Agricultural Revolution is also known as 

• GMO Revolution
• Seed Agricultural Revolution
• Green Revolution
• Industrial Revolution