Unit 5: Agriculture

The First Agricultural Revolution

• Began the replacement of worldwide nomadism with settlement and civilization

• Introduced industrial technologies to farming

• Promoted the use of hybrid seeds and synthetic fertilizers

• Rejected the use of hybrid seeds and synthetic fertilizers

The Second Agricultural Revolution

• Began the replacement of worldwide nomadism with settlement and civilization

• Introduced industrial technologies to farming

• Promoted the use of hybrid seeds and synthetic fertilizers

• Rejected the use of hybrid seeds and synthetic fertilizers

The Third Agricultural Revolution

• Began the replacement of worldwide nomadism with settlement and civilization

• Introduced industrial technologies to farming

• Promoted the use of hybrid seeds and synthetic fertilizers

• Rejected the use of hybrid seeds and synthetic fertilizers

About 10,000 years ago, Southwest Asia (the Fertile Crescent) served as a(n)

• Agricultural hearth

• Luxury crop

• Carrying capacity

• Shifting cultivation

The Columbian Exchange

• Was the global movement of plants and animals between Afro-Eurasia and the Americas

• Was the origin of farming, marked by the first domestication of plants and animals

• Benefited from seemingly continuous innovations in mechanization

• Tailored an agribusiness model with the consumer in mind

All of the following is evidence of humans altering the landscape for agriculture EXCEPT

• Slash-and-burn farming

• Terrace farming

• Irrigation

• Transhumance

Which of the following is a positive impact of the Green Revolution?

• A drastic yield increase of staple crops worldwide

• Farmers abstaining from using synthetic fertilizers

• Reforestation

• Great success in alleviating Africa's hunger crisis

Before the Second Agricultural Revolution, the vast majority of farmers practiced

• Commercial agriculture

• Subsistence agriculture

• Pastoral nomadism

• Mediterranean diets

In which climate zone would you most likely encounter plantation farming?

• Tropical/subtropical zones

• Polar zones

• Temperate zones

• Mediterranean zones

Where would you most likely find pastoral nomadism?

• Sahara Desert

• Fertile Crescent

• Along the Mississippi River

• Amazon rainforest