World Geography Units 5&6 Test Review

What is the name for the type of systems that bring water to fields and have been one of the most important innovations to food production throughout history?

• Crop rotation

• Carnoustie Roller Fananzana

• Irrigation

• Fertilizer

What is Crop Rotation?

• The practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same area in sequenced seasons.

• The practice of cooking that has multiple roasting stations with differing types of flavored wood to create a bold and complex flavor

• The practice of when a sports team manager rotates his players frequently so that his key players do not get tired over the course of a season.

• The practice of constantly repositioning food crops after they have been harvested so they don’t get stale in

What was the Green Revolution?

• When Scientists began to alter the genetics of crops to create disease, drought, and pest resistant varieties that can be grown in more locations and produce greater yields.

• When pesticides, new fertilizers, and irrigation technology aided countries like India and Mexico to grow substantially more food to help sustain their growing population.

• When the Soviet Union diverted the two main rivers which fed the Aral sea and used them to irrigate the surrounding arid land.

• When the United States and Mexico have water agreements dealing with the Colorado River and Rio Grande.

What are GMO’s?

• Greater Managements Opportunities, which is the movement to get more women into high power business positions

• Genetically Modified Organism’s that result in crops that are resistant to disease, can be produced in larger quantities with more nutrients.

• Geography Map Organization, the group that produces the world’s most accurate maps

• Grey Magnesium Opus, the influential secret organization of older men that have a shadowy influence on major corporations and world governments.

What is drought?

• a period of below-average rainfall in a given region, resulting in a lack of water supply

• the process by which fertile land becomes desert

• the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use

• all of the above

What is desertification?

• a period of below-average rainfall in a given region, resulting in a lack of water supply

• the process by which fertile land becomes desert

• the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use

• . all of the above

Georgia and Florida have been at odds over Georgia’s use of water from the Chattahoochee River. This river along with the Flint River create the Apalachicola River which dumps into Apalachicola Bay. Florida accuses Georgia of using too much water, especially in the Atlanta metropolitan area. This is an example of

• Disputes over borders

• Disputes over College Football Champions

• Disputes over water rights

• Disputes over sustainable Fish Farming practices

Lack of access to water for states, especially when it comes to shared water resources can often lead to

• Disagreement over its use

• Unsustainable use of the water sources

• Conflict

• All of the above

The Soviet Union created an ecological disaster when they diverted two rivers to irrigate arid areas. What sea was it that they depleted?

• Caspian

• Rasputin

• Babushka

• Aral

Why is access to water becoming more of a problem around the world?

• There are too many polar ice caps that hold fresh water

• Brazil have put too many dams on the Amazon River

• There is too much wasteful water use and because of rising populations

• The worlds lakes have shrunk 79% in the last 27 ½ years