U5 retake

The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures.

• shifting cultivation

• GMOs

• biotechnology

• transhumance

Von Thünen emphasized which of the following factors in his model of agricultural land use?

• Cost of fertilizers

• Seasonal changes

• Cost of Labor

• Cost of Transportation

Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm.

• Commercial agriculture

• Pastoral nomadism

• Intensive subsistence agriculture

• Hunting and gathering

Non-subsistence crops such as tea, cacao, coffee, and tobacco.

• green revolution

• luxury crop

• commercial grain farming

• subsistence agriculture

Subsistence agriculture is best described by

• irrigation and inorganic fertilization

• extensive use of the land

• production only for trade

• production only for family consumption

In which of the following areas was wheat most probably domesticated earliest?

• Turkey, formerly Mesopotamia

• Mexico, formerly Mayan

• Italy, formerly Roman

• China, formerly Song

The process of harvesting sturgeon for caviar (fish eggs) for sell is associated to which form of agriculture?

• aquaculture

• horticulture

• truck farming

• terrance farming

The marketing of seeds to production for commercial use and profit is known as

• mechanized farming

• horticulture

• food processing

• agribusiness

The industrialization and mechanization of agriculture in the United States during the past 70 years have resulted in

• The Green Revolution

• Rural to urban migration

• Clustered settlements

• Urban to rural migration

What kind of agriculture is primarily practiced in the dark-shaded areas on the map above?

• Shifting cultivation

• Pastoral nomadism

• Cattle ranching

• Mediterranean