AP Human Geography Agriculture

Where did Agriculture originate?

• Africa

• China

• Multiple hearths

• Fertile Crescent

What does the word cultivate mean?

• To care for

• To grow

• Farming

• Agricuture

How did humans obtain food before the Agricultural Revolution?

• Hunting animals and following migrating herds

• Hunting and Gathering

• Subsistance harvesting of local plants such as fruits and berries.

• Humans wer opportunistic harvesters, taking available vegetables and fruits as they found them.

Are there hunters and gatherers in the world today?

• Sentinelese from the Andaman Islands

• Tribal nomads from Papua New Guinea

• Aborigines from Central America

• Sudanese tribes in South Africa

The set of economic and political relationships that organize food production for commercial purposes.

• Agribusiness

• Commercial agriculture

• Eco-cultivation

• Corporate geopolitical transactions

The primary differences between agriculture practices in the world are between those of what two types of regions/countries?

• Africa and Asia

• MDC and LDC

• Eastern and Western Hemispheres

• Northern and Southern Hemisphere

What type of agriculture is practiced to produce food for sale off the farm?

• Commercial

• Subsistence

• Cash crop

• Maize

What type of agriculture is practiced to feed the farmer and the farmer's family?

• Commercial

• Substantive

• Communal

• Subsistence

Farmers in MDCs grow crops and raise animals to sell directly to ____________________.

• Consumers

• Markets

• Stores

• Food processing companies

MDCs have a low number of farmers resulting in

• High yields despite the low numbers because the farmers use technology and modern techniques to maximize harvests.

• High yields because the low number of farmers produce more than a high number of farmers.

• Lower yields because there are less people to wok on agricultural lands.

• Lower yield because of desertification and soil erosion.