AP Human Geography Learning Check 3

All of the following are forms of commercial agriculture EXCEPT

• dairy farming

• pastoral nomadism

• cattle ranching

• specialized fruit production

• grain farming

A farmer plants corn in a field one year, cotton in the same field the following year, and then corn again. This farmer is practicing ---

• subsistence agriculture

• commercial farming

• crop rotation

• slash-and-burn agriculture

• shifting cultivation

Which of the following crops is grown on the sides of terraced hills to allow flowing water to run over the plants?

• Wheat

• Rice

• Taro

• Soybeans

• Millet

All of the following are plantation crops EXCEPT

• cotton

• tea

• sugarcane

• rubber

• wheat

All of the following crops are products of Mediterranean agriculture EXCEPT

• olives

• grapes

• dates

• figs

• apples

Which of the following types of agriculture is used most widely throughout the world?

• commercial farming

• slash-and-burn

• plantation

• shifting cultivation

• mediterranean

Which form of commercial agriculture is found primarily in developing countries?

• plantation agriculture

• livestock farming

• mixed farming

• dairy farming

• truck farming

The science of making maps

• Cartography

• Geography

• Biology

• Historiography

Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees

• Longitude

• Latitude

What is GIS?

• Geographic Intelligence System

• Geological Information System

• Global Positioning System

• Geographic Information System