Unit 5 Mid-Point Test Review

Which concept is demonstrated in the picture above?

• The results of the enclosure movement

• The impact of the Green Revolution

• The significance of carrying capacity

• The use of terrace farming

• The results of deforestation

Answer explanation

Terrace farming, or terracing, was one of the earliest human alterations of the landscape for agriculture. Building a series of steps into the side of a hill created flat surfaces to make planting, tending, and harvesting crops easier.

The domestication of plants and animals first occurred during the

• First Agricultural Revolution

• Green Revolution

• Second Agricultural Revolution

• Columbian Exchange

• Industrial Revolution

Answer explanation

The First Agricultural Revolution, or the Neolithic Revolution, was the origin of farming. It was marking by the first domestications of plants and animals for subsistence.

As a result of the Columbian Exchange, which crop was transferred to Afro-Eurasia from the Americas?

• Coffee

• Maize (corn)

• Rice

• Olives

• Wheat

Answer explanation

The other crops were transferred to the Americas from Afro-Eurasia.

A farmer who converts forested land and marshland into cropland has

• Created an agricultural hearth

• Fulfilled the promise of the Green Revolution

• Increased the land's carrying capacity for humans

• Shown the advantages of the Columbian Exchange

• Increased the yield of the crops on her land

Deforestation has resulted in

• More farmland in some places but more desertification in others

• More farmland in some places and less desertification in others

• Less farmland in some places but more desertification in others

• Less farmland in some places and less desertification in others

• No noticeable change in the amount of farmland or desertification

Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Mesoamerica and the Sub-Saharan regions were all

• Leaders in starting the Columbian Exchange

• Sites where the Second Agricultural Revolution began

• Areas noted for widespread terracing

• Hearths of plant domestication

• Regions where the Third Agricultural Revolution failed

The Green Revolution involved all of the following EXCEPT

• An increased use of scientific research in agriculture

• An increased use of fertilizer

• A decreased reliance on human for agricultural labor

• A decreased use of pesticides

• The development of higher-yielding seeds

What agricultural practice is employed by people who move from place to place with their cattle?

• Dairying

• Intensive subsistence

• Ranching

• Shifting cultivation

• Pastoral nomadism

What farming practice does the above image show?

• Shifting cultivation

• Intercropping

• Market gardening

• Double cropping

• Plantation agriculture

Answer explanation

Intercropping is when farmers grow two or more crops on the same field in order to add nitrogen to the soil and guard against soil erosion.

Slash-and-burn agriculture is often used by farmers who live in areas that have

• Soil that lacks sufficient amount of nitrogen to grow food crops quickly

• A climate of extremes, one that includes very hot summers and very cold winters

• A shortage of rain throughout the year, such as an arid or desert region

• Very high elevations, such as in mountain ranges in South America and South Asia

• A combination of climate and physical features that result in crops growing very quickly