Human Geo: Agriculture Review (+ year review)

Before the Neolithic Revolution

• Very few large farming societies existed

• People used slash-and-burn techniques to farm

• Food was grown by hand on subsistence farms

• Humans were nomadic hunter-gatherers

the type of agriculture most likely practiced in the highlighted region is

• Mediterranean farming

• Pastoral nomadism

• Aquaculture

• Plantation farming

Farmers who practice mixed crop / livestock earn profits from

• Selling grain

• Selling animal products (meat / dairy)

• Leasing their lands to nomadic herders

• Petting zoo entry fees

Profits from plantations usually

• End up lost to corrupt governments in developing countries

• Plantation owners in developed countries

• Fund irrigation projects in Africa

• Go directly to workers because owning plantations is now banned in most countries

• Grain farming

• Ridge tillage

• Fallow farming

• Tanshumance

According to Johann von Thunen, horticulture should take place

• Near the edge of the city because products are easily transported and do not spoil easily

• Nearest to the market because products spoil quickly

• Outside of grain farming because of the large land requirements

• In developed countries

Shifting cultivation takes place in

• Developed countries at high latitudes

• Arid regions

• Mediterranean climates

• Developing countries in the tropics / subtropics

The Second Agricultural Revolution began in

• Britain

• China

• Germany

• United States

Mediterranean climates are most suitable for

• Bananas and pineapples

• Olives and grapes

• Grain and dairy farming

• Rice and barley

The leading source of food energy for people of Central America is

• Wheat

• Barley

• Maize

• Rice