Environmental Geography

This theme of geography focuses on how people and the natural environment interact

• Political

• Environmental

• Physical

• Economical

Tending to grow crops and raise livestock to produce food, feed, and fiber

• Deforestation

• Overfishing

• Agriculture

• Desertification

Where did the first agricultural revolution occure?

• Central America

• Fertile Cresent

• Indian Subcontinent

• West Africa

Before farming, how did humans acquire food?

• fishing

• sleeping

• hunting and gathering

Which of the following did NOT happen after the discovery of farming

• People settled in one location

• increase in population

• decrease in life expectancy

• domestication of animals

GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) are

• organisms engineered to grow at a certain way that benefits the human population

• organism that only grow during certain seasons

• organisms that are domesticated to grow indoors only

__________ farming grows only enough food to feed a family; ___________ farming grows massive quantities of food to feel larger populations controlled by a corporation

• substance; commercial

• commercial; substance

Wasteful water use and rising population has lead to issue with

• water insecuity

• agriculture

• overfishing

• desertification

The clearing or trees or forests and using the land for agriculture or urban use

• desertification

• deforestation

• water rights

• strip mining

The United States and Mexico have an agreement over the use of the water in the Colorado River and Rio Grande. This is an example of

• water insecurity

• water rights

• erosion

• natural disasters