Geo Chapter 9: 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 is

• environmental modification
• desertification
• aquaculture
• desalination

According to Carl Sauer, there are two distinctive types of agriculture

• vegetative planting and double-cropping
• shifting cultivation and vegetative planting
• vegetative planting and seed agriculture
• slash-and-burn agriculture and double-cropping

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 soild and improve agricultural productivity

Mediterranean agriculture must be practiced in a climate that is

• Wet summer, dry winter
• Plentiful rainfall year round
• Dry summer, cool moist winter
• Mild and dry year round