Unit 5 (agriculture and rural land use patterns) review

Which concept is demonstrated in this image?

• the results of the enclosure movement

• the impact of the green revolution

• the significance of carrying capacity

• the use of terrace farming

• the results of deforestation

The domestication of plants and animals occurred in the

• First Agricutural Revolution

• Green Revolution

• Second Agricultural Revolution

• Columbian Exchange

• Middle Ages

As a result of the Columbian Exchange, which crop was transferred to Europe from the Americas and later spread through the World?

• Coffee

• Maize (corn)

• Rice

• Olives

• Wheat

A farmer who converts forested land and marshland into cropland has

• created and an agricultural hearth

• fulfilled the promise of the Green Revolution

• increased the land's carrying capacity

• shown the advantages of the Columbian Exchange

• increased the yield of the crops on her land

This image represents the changes brought about by the

• Columbian Exchange

• hearths of agriculture

• Industrial Revolution

• Enclosure Acts

• Green Revolution

Deforestation has resulted in

• more farmland in some places but more desertification in others

• more farmland in some places and less desertification in others

• less farmland in some places but more desertification in others

• less farmland in some places but less desertification in others

• no noticeable change in the amount of farmland or desertification

Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Mesoamerica, and the sub-saharan regions were all

• leaders in starting the Columbian Exchange

• sites where the second Agricultural Revolution began

• areas noted for widespread terracing

• hearths of plant domestication

• regions where the Third Agricultural Revolution failed

The Green Revolution involved all of the following EXCEPT

• an increased use of scientific research in agriculture

• an increased use of fertlizer

• a decreased reliance on humans for agricultural labor

• a decreased use of pesticides

• the development of higher-yielding seeds

Which was one result of the development of cool chains?

• They eliminated the need for air transport of agricultural products.

• They decreased the use of high-speed rail for transporting food.

• They increased the distance that fresh fruits and vegetables could travel.

• They were the result of advances in agricultural productivity.

• They caused the development of large ships for transporting meat products.

What agricultural practice is employed by people who move from place to place with their cattle?

• Dairying

• Intensive Subsistence

• Ranching

• Shifting Cultivation

• Pastoral Nomadism