Unit 5 Review - Agriculture

The First Agricultural Revolution refers to

• the invention of agriculture

• the application of new machines and industrialization to agriculture

• the application of science and new chemicals to agriculture (GMOs, fertilizers, pesticides)

• the diffusion of agriculture after the Spanish made contact with the Americas

A positive impact of industrial/commercial agriculture is

• a decrease in amount of crops produced

• an increase in amount of crops produced

• increased water and air pollution

• decrease in the amount of machinery used

What has become more popular in response to using pesticides for farming?

• slash-and-burn

• crop rotation

• shifting cultivation

• organic farming

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

The Agricultural Revolution that contributed to fast-growing crops was known as

• GMO Revolution

• Seed Agricultural Revolution

• Green Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

Overfarming land areas and over-using the soil has contributed to which problem?

• Desertification

• Soil loss

• Acid rain

• Famine

Consistently consuming fewer than the 1600 calories required for a healthy life is called

• Undernourishment

• Food insecurity

• Deprivation

• Famine

Raising fish in a controlled environment is also known as

• Marine agriculture

• Aquaculture

• Oceanic agriculture

• Subsistence agriculture

Large-scale farming, mostly in MDCs, focused on raising one type of crop or animal to sell for profit.

• subsistence agriculture

• pastoral nomadism

• double cropping

• commercial agriculture

Genetically modified organisms; use of engineering techniques to change the DNA of a seed.

• hybridization

• GMO

• cloning

• double cropping