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WorksheetsAPHG Agriculture
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The Third Agricultural Revolution is also known as the (268)
Green Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Genetic Revolution
Rice Revolution
Plantation Revolution
The Second Agricultural Revolution occurred at roughly the same time as the (267)
American Civil War
Industrial Revolution
Green Revolution
Boxer Rebellion
California Gold Rush
Locations farthest from large bodies of water (269
Experience the most natural disasters
Have the most extreme climates
Are most suitable for large-scale agriculture
Need more water to irrigate crops
Tend to have the highest population density
Dogs, pigs, and chickens were first domesticated in (270)
Western Africa
Central America
North America
Southeast Asia
Northern India
All of the following are forms of commercial agriculture EXCEPT (271)
Dairy farming
Specialized fruit production
Cattle ranching
Grain farming
Pastoral nomadism
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 (272)
Subsistence agriculture
Commercial farming
Crop rotation
Slash-and-burn agriculture
Shifting cultivation
Which of the following crops in grown on the sides of terraced hills to allow flowing water to run over the plants? (273)
Wheat
Rice
Taro
Soybeans
Millet
In South America, most ethanol is produced using (275)
Corn
Soybeans
Wheat
Palm oil
Sugar cane
Market-gardening activities occur in which zone of Von Thünen’s model of agricultural land use? (276)
First zone
Second zone
Third zone
Fourth zone
Sixth zone
Which of the following seed crops were first domesticated in Mexico? (274)
Rice and wheat
Corn and millet
Yams and palm trees
Squash and beans
Sugarcane and taro
Which of the following was a short-term result of the collectivization of agricultural production in Communist countries? (277)
Increased labor cost
Urbanization
Deindustrialization
Food shortages
Lower food costs
All of the following are plantation crops EXCEPT (278)
Cotton
Tea
Sugar cane
Rubber
Wheat
Cash-cropping is a form of (279)
Subsistence agriculture
Extensive agriculture
Pastoral nomadism
Mixed farming
Aquaculture
Which of the following methods of farming has become more popular in response to the widespread use of pesticides in farming? (280)
Slash-and-burn agriculture
Crop rotation
Organic farming
Shifting agriculture
Agricultural industrialization
All of the following crops might be grown on a truck farm EXCEPT (281)
Green beans
Okra
Strawberries
Watermelons
Rice
The emergence of which of the following allowed people to settle in one location permanently rather than migrating seasonally? (282)
Subsistence farming
Multicropping
Monoculture
Plantation agriculture
Commercial farming
Which of the following was developed during the Third Agricultural Revolution? (283)
The cotton gin
Animal domestication
Cattle ranching
Genetic engineering
Seed agriculture
Which of the following crops was domesticated in northern Africa approximately 1,200 years ago? (284)
Pineapples
Coffee
Squash
Corn
Millet
When flying across the central United States, the view consists of patches of land about one square mile in size, this is evidence of which type of land-use pattern? (285)
Metes and bounds system
Long lots system
Township range system
Sectional system
Homestead system
1. Which of the following is true about agriculture in China? (286)
The government dictates the types and quantities of crops grown
China has the highest sanitary and phytosanitary standards in Asia
Both rice and wheat are grown throughout China
Organic farming accounts for most of the farming in China
China is the largest exporter of agricultural goods in the world
Which of the following describes how winter wheat is planted and harvested? (287)
Planted in the fall, harvested in the winter
Planted in the spring, harvested in the summer
Planted in the winter, harvested in the spring
Planted in the spring, harvested in the winter
Planted in the fall, harvested in the spring
Which of the following machines is used to cut grain that is standing in the fields? (288)
Tillage
Reaper
Thresher
Harrow
Transplanted
Which alternative energy source involves converting decaying plant matter into energy used to generate electricity or power engines? (289)
Biodiversity
Solar power
Biomass
Organic conversion
Fermentation
A potential reserve is an energy source that (290)
Has not been fully utilized due to geographic restrictions
Is not widely used because it is too expensive
Can be used to generate electricity and create fuel
Exists only in remote geographic locations
Is suspected to exist but has not been discovered
A developer clears several acres of forest to make room for a shopping center. All traces of the original landscape have been eliminated. This is an example of (291)
NIMBY
Topicide
Sustainable development
Desertification
Agribusiness
Farming on long lots is most likely to occur along which of the following? (292)
Mississippi River
Salinas Valley
Appalachian Mountains
Great Plains
Everglades
All of the following crops are products of Mediterranean agriculture EXCEPT (293)
Olives
Grapes
Dates
Figs
Apples
Which of the following refers to the decision to abandon the use of a product that harms the environment and switch to a product that is more environmentally friendly? (294)
Subsistence
Substitution principle
Sustainability
Conservation
Recycling
Which of the following describes an example of creative destruction? (295)
A farmer clears a forest in order to plant grain
A developer uses landfill to build a restaurant on a river
A farmer plants an orchard next to a field where cattle graze
A farmer plants corn in a field where grain was previously grown
A developer plants native plants around a shopping center
The clearing of land through manual labor using simple tools is called (296)
Reaping
Labor-intensive farming
Cultivation
Crop rotation
Preservation
Mineral fuels are also known as (297)
Renewable resources
Coal
Fossil fuels
Stored reserves
Natural resources
In the preservationist land use model, people are encouraged to (298)
Not alter the natural environment
Clear only land that is not currently in use
Raise only enough crops to feed the local population
Explore wilderness areas previously untouched
Raise only those crops that do not require irrigation
Which of the following is characterized by the use of migrant workers who do not live on the farm for labor? (299)
Cottage industry farms
Suitcase farms
Long-lot farms
Organic farms
Livestock farms
The theory that people will do what is in their own best interest even when it is not in the best interest of the common good is called (300)
Theory of the common good
Theory of nonsustainability
Tragedy of the commons
Comedy of the anticommons
Theory of best self-interest
Herders who move herds constantly in order to find food sources as old sources are depleted engage in (301)
Shifting agriculture
Pastoral nomadism
Commercial farming
Agropastoralism
Sedentarization
Which of the following is an example of the implementation of the sustainable land use model? (302)
A logger who cuts down trees for lumber plants more trees
A farmer plants a secondary crop in the space between the primary crops
A farmer plants only what is needed to feed his or her family
A herder moves from one location to another in order to find food for his or her herd
A developer clears a plot of land for a shopping mall and makes a donation to a conservation fund
Which of the following types of agriculture is used most widely throughout the world? (303)
Commercial farming
Slash-and-burn
Plantation
Shifting cultivation
Mediterranean
Which form of commercial agriculture is found primarily in developing countries? (304)
Plantation agriculture
Livestock farming
Mixed farming
Dairy farming
Truck farming
All of the following states are located in the Corn Belt EXCEPT (305)
Nebraska
Illinois
Indiana
Montana
Kansas
Which of the following crops is grown in the greatest quantity worldwide? (306)
Tobacco
Cereal grains
Sugar cane
Rice
Soybeans
Which of the following is an example of voluntary collective farming? (307)
Collectives in Vietnam between 1976 and 1986
Cooperatives in Hungary between 1948 and 1956
Collectives in Cuba between 1977 and 1983
Kibbutzim in Israel between 1909 and the present
Kolkhozy in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1933
A type of animal feeding operation (AFO) that prepares an animal for slaughter by increasing the weight of the animal is called (308)
Dairying
A grazing farm
A feedlot
A cattle drive
A livestock yard
Intertillage is the process of (309)
Resting land between crop cycles
Planting between the rows of crops
Hand picking fruit yields
Transporting crops to market
Harvesting cereal crops with machinery
Which of the following is not an example of a staple food in Central America? (310)
Beans
Wheat
Corn
Potatoes
Squash
A society that relies on the cultivation of land is known as (311)
Municipal
Metropolitan
Naturalist
Hunter-gatherer
Agrarian
The program for developing countries that reduces their foreign debt and promotes local conservation funding is known as (312)
Green Revolution
Market gardening
Debt-for-nature swap
Sustainable planning
Cultivation exchange
Which of the following is not an example of Mediterranean agriculture? (313)
Oranges in Florida
Lemons in California
Raisins in Greece
Olives in Italy
Grapes in southwest Australia
Plants and animals that have been genetically adapted to suit human needs are considered (314)
Feral
Cultivated
Primitive
Domesticated
Indigenous
Which of the following is a benefit of industrial agriculture? (315)
It uses fewer fossil fuels
It gives consumers more access to food
It conserves water through irrigation
It increases the number of farming jobs
It decreases the amount of chemical fertilizers running off farm fields
Slash-and-burn is an example of what type of agricultural practice? (316)
Sustainable farming
Pastoral agriculture
Collective farming
Subsistence farming
Plantation agriculture
A crop grown for profit is called a (317)
Staple crop
Domesticated crop
Food crop
Primary crop
Cash crop
Which of the following is not true about market gardening? (318)
It sells goods directly to consumers and restaurants
It requires more manual labor than mechanized farming
It produces a diverse variety of crops
It relies on monoculture production
It operates on a relatively small scale
Which of the following is not true of desertification? (319)
Overgrazing by animals
Off-road vehicles increasing soil loss in drylands
Overcultivation of semiarid lands
Policies favoring nomadic herding over sedentary farming
Irrigation resulting in salinization
Which of the following is an example of extractive industry? (320)
Cutting timber and forest regeneration
Mining for copper
Horse breeding
Growing soybeans
Fishing for salmon
Which of the following is an argument made by Carl Sauer? (321)
Agrarian societies increased biodiversity in their homelands
The spread of universalizing faiths is a result of crop surplus
Natural landscapes have been indirectly altered by human activities
Nomadic people of the grasslands first domesticated crops
The shift from horticulture to agriculture resulted in increased male activity in farming
A suitcase farm is defined as (322)
A commercial farm where no one lives and that is farmed by migratory workers
Temporarily cultivated land that is abandoned after several seasons
Land to and from which seasonal pasture animals are moved through-out the year
A farm where crops are grown for human consumption rather than for animals
Commercial production of fruit from orchards
1. The agricultural location model suggests that (323)
Grain crops should lie closest to the market center to maximize profits
Ranching should lie closest to the market center to maximize profits
Timber and firewood should lie near the wilderness to maximize profits
Vegetable farms should lie far from the market center to maximize profits
Dairying should lie closest to the market center to maximize profits
Most of the U.S. Midwest was divided using which system? (324)
Metes and bounds
Township and range
Universal transverse Mercator (UTM)
Long lots
Nucleated
The farming of oysters is an example of (325)
Polyculture
Hydroponics
Aeroponics
Aquaculture
Waterlogging
A direct result of the U.S. farm crisis is (326)
More jobs available in the farming industry
Less food available for consumption
A decrease in the number of small farms
Increased price of crops for consumers
Higher profits for farmers
1. To reduce the risk of depleting the soil of nutrients, a farmer decides to plant legumes in a field that previously grew corn. This practice is called (327)
Crop rotation
Companion cropping
Succession cropping
Double cropping
No-till planting
Limiting the amount of timber cut from a forest to prevent forest depletion, thus ensuring its production for future use, is an example of (328)
Intensive subsistence agriculture
Sustainable yield
Nonrenewable resources
Specialization
An adaptive strategy
Which of the following is not an example of a luxury crop? (329)
Tea
Cacao
Tobacco
Wool
Coffee
Which of the following is true regarding the growing season? (330)
The Northern Hemisphere has a longer growing season than the Southern Hemisphere
Areas near the poles have longer growing seasons than regions near the equator
The Southern Hemisphere has a longer growing season than the Northern Hemisphere
Lands near the Equator have longer growing seasons than at the poles
Growing seasons are the same around the world
All of the following are true of the Green Revolution EXCEPT (331)
Some countries have instituted bans on genetically modified food
Crops are grown without the use of synthetic pesticides or fertilizer
Crops are grown from genetically
The high price of seed and fertilizers perpetuates socioeconomic divides
Farmers must buy new seeds each year
Which of the following is an example of agribusiness? (332)
Manufacturing clothing from cotton
Selling handwoven wool rugs
Processing crops into canned food
Cutting trees for lumber
Mining coal for energy
The enclosure movement changed farming in England during the 18th century by (333)
Consolidating the many small farms into fewer large farms
Encouraging land closest to villages to be farmed rather than land in the rural countryside
Requiring pens and corrals for any livestock within city limits
Restricting herding and grazing to specific areas
Initiating building codes for barns and silos
Which of the following is not a major hearth of agriculture development and domestication? (334)
Western Africa
Central America
Southern Europe
Southeast Asia
Northwest South America
The Middle East in known as the Fertile Crescent because (335)
It is the largest modern exporter of cereal crops
It developed new farming machinery that revolutionized modern agriculture
Historically it had a high birth rate
It offered biodiversity in a complex marshland ecosystem
It was one of the first areas of sedentary farming and urban society
Which of the following agricultural practices most closely followed hunting and gathering? (336)
Swidden, or slash-and-burn
Pastoralism
Intensive agriculture
Extensive agriculture
Commercial farms
All of the following are true of crop rotation EXCEPT (337)
Early crop rotation systems were mentioned in ancient Roman literature
George Washington Carver helped popularize the use of peanuts in crop rotation in the United States
Most crop rotation systems involve planting three or four crops in an area in succession to preserve yields and nutrient levels
Crop rotation nearly always increases the need for artificial fertilizers
The four-field crop rotation system was a key to the 18th-century British Agricultural Revolution
Feedlots are an example of what kind of farming? (338)
Intensive cultivation
Free-range farming
Labor-intensive farming
Subsistence farming
Shifting cultivation
Which of the following is true of the environmental impact of organic farming? (339)
The positive impact of organic farming on the environment is negligible because it is far less energy efficient than conventional farming
Organic farms are very beneficial to the environment because they do not use tractors or other internal combustion farm equipment
Organic farming has a positive environmental impact because organic farming helps sustain diverse ecosystems due to the lack of synthetic pesticides
The overall effect of organic farming on the environment is negligible because very few crops can be effectively produced with organic farming
Organic farms are harmful to the environment because they produce far more waste than conventional farms.
All of the following are true according to the Von Thünen model of agricultural land EXCEPT (340)
There is a certain distance beyond which agricultural activity is not profitable
Land values decrease with distance from urban markets
Rents are highest close to urban markets’
Dairy farms are located close to the city because of the perishability of dairy products
Forests for fuel and timber production could be located in any of the four rings
Which of the following best characterizes the Green Revolution? (341)
The Green Revolution relied solely on technology to increase crop yields in the years following World War II
The Green Revolution resulted in increased biodiversity worldwide, especially in places where monocropping and high-yield varietals were prevalent
The Green Revolution was able to increase crop yields and for production in many locations throughout the world, but its impact on the environment, geopolitics, and the world economy has yet to be fully understood
There have been no major famines since the agricultural practices of the Green Revolution took hold in the 1960’s
Much more land was put under cultivation during the Green Revolution, and this, rather than the development of high-yield varietals, was responsible for the increase in food production from 1960 to 1985
All of the following were features of the British Agricultural Revolution between the 17th and 19th centuries EXCEPT (342)
The drawing away of workers from factories growing up during the same period in the Industrial Revolution
The invention of mechanical farm implements like Jethro Tull’s seed drill
The development of four-field crop rotation
An enclosure movement for livestock
The use of technology and advancements from other areas of Europe and America
People who engage in subsistence agriculture (343)
Concentrate on two or three crops that can be sold for cash at the end of the season
Regularly make purchases in the marketplace
Never use slash-and-burn techniques
May engage in intensive cultivation in areas of high population density
Are practicing a relatively new form of agriculture
All of the following are true of the beginning of agriculture EXCEPT (344)
Evidence for the domestication of fruit trees does not appear until thousands of years after the beginning of agriculture
Evidence for domestication of the founder crops of agriculture has been dated to about 9500 BCE in the Fertile Crescent
Agriculture grew up in many areas of the world between 9500BCE and about 7000 BCE
By the Bronze Age, agriculture was being practiced on a fairly large scale in many parts of the world
Early animal domestication arose at nearly the same time as the earliest evidence of plant domestication
Transhumance can best be described as (345)
The use of feedlots to raise livestock
(The seasonal movement of people and livestock over short distances for the purposes of grazing
A practice by which crops are rotated in a four-field system
The use of animal manure as fertilizer in intensive cultivation
Long cattle drives in the 19th century to move stock from pastures to railheads in Kansas, Texas, and Missouri
FRQ Long cattle drives in the 19th century to move stock from pastures to railheads in Kansas, Texas, and Missouri
(A) Describe the First Agricultural Revolution and discuss how it changed agriculture practices
(B) Describe the Second Agricultural Revolution and discuss how it changed agriculture practices
(C) Describe the Third Agricultural Revolution and discuss how it changed agriculture practices.
FRQ Desertification is the end result of a long, gradual process. (347)
(A) Identify factors leading to desertification
(B) Explain how salinization destroys arable land
(C) Explain how soil conservation can create sustainable agriculture
FRQ Genetically modifying organisms for human benefit is a hotly debated topic. (348)
(A) Explain how genetically engineered crops can benefit humans
(B) Identify and explain possible drawbacks to genetic modifications of food crops
(C) Discuss the future of biotechnology in relation to agriculture: will its influence continue to grow, or will it wane in favor of organic farming? Support your opinion with examples.
