AP Human Geography: Ch. 10- Agriculture + Ch. 11- Industry

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

• Livestock
• Commercial Grain
• Dairy Farming
• Forestry

The result of overgrazing in semi-arid climates 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

All of the following are true about the Green Revolution EXCEPT

• Takes place mainly in science laboratories

• Only tested on farms in MDCs

• Allows for plants and animals that grow in conditions they normally would not

• Led to the increase in industrial farming

Which type of agriculture is found primarily in developing countries?

• Plantation
• Truck farming
• Mediterranean
• Livestock ranching

All of the following are aspects of commercial agriculture EXCEPT

• a heavy reliance on machinery
• the product is consumed off the farm
• there is little relationship to other businesses
• a small percentage of the workforce is engaged directly in agriculture.

Shifting cultivation is most commonly found in which climate region?

• Humid Continental

• Tropical

• Polar

• Warm temperate

Physiological density is defined as 

• the average farm production compared to arable land.
• the number of farmers as compared to the total population.
• the number of people compared to arable land.
• the number of farms compared to the total land area.

What type of agriculture is practiced by the largest percentage of the world's people?

• pastoral nomadism

• hunting and gathering

• dairying

• intensive subsistence