AP Human Geography Agriculture

Which of these is the best example of extensive land use in agriculture?

• A cattle feedlot

• A greehouse

• An egg-production facility

• A sheep ranch

Which of the following is not commercial farming?

• Pastoral nomadism

• Agribusiness

• Mediterranean

• Livestock and Cattle Ranching

What type of agriculture uses the largest percentage of the World's land area?

• dairying

• mediterranean

• plantation

• shifting cultivation

What type of agriculture is practiced by the largest percentage of the world's people?

• pastoral nomadism

• hunting and gathering

• dairying

• intensive subsistence

Which of the following is NOT true about Mediterranean agriculture

• grow grapes to grow wine

• grow olives for Olive Oil

• include a wide variety of aquaculture

• Are in places such as California, Greece, and Italy

Pastoral nomadism is practiced in climates similar to that of...

• Mediterranean Agriculture

• Subsistance Agriculture

• Ranching

• Plantations

A name closely associated with shifting agriculture is...

• Pastoral Nomadism

• Transhumance

• Slash and Burn farming

• Plantation farming

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

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

The Second Agricultural Revolution began in

• Britain

• China

• Germany

• United States