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WorksheetsAP Human Unit 5 Test
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
What agricultural practice is employed by people who move from place to place with their animals?
Dairying
Intensive subsistence
Ranching
Shifting cultivation
Pastoral nomadism
What agricultural practice is shown?
double cropping
intercropping
market gardening
plantation agriculture
shifting cultivation
Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Mesoamerica and Sub-Saharan Africa were all…
Leaders in starting the Columbian Exchange.
Regions where the Third Agricultural Revolution failed.
Hearths of plant domestication.
Areas noted for widespread terracing.
Sites where the Second Agricultural Revolution began.
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.
Identify this crop.
Corn
wheat
rice
cassava
The domestication of plants and animals occurred in the …
Green Revolution
Second Agricultural Revolution
Columbian Exchange
Industrial Revolution
First Agricultural Revolution
As a result of the Columbian Exchange, which crop was transferred from the Americas to Europe and later the rest of the world?
Coffee
Rice
Maize (corn)
Wheat
Olives
The building of the Erie Canal in the 1820’s to connect New York Cit with the Midwest was paid for by the state of New York. It is an example of a(n)…
An economy of scale
A supply chain
A subsidy
The algae bloom which can occur from excessive use of fertilizers
Agribusiness
Which option lists products in the order in which they are located or produced, starting closest to the market, according to the Von Thunen Model?
Forest, tomatoes, beef cattle, dairy cattle
Dairy cattle, forest, grain, beef cattle
Dairy cattle, beef cattle, forest
Tomatoes, grain, forest, beef cattle
Grain, forest, beef cattle, dair cattle
Which of the following is a subsistence crop?
Cocoa
Rubber
Cotton
Corn
Timber
Which of the following is NOT associated with the Third Revolution?
GMO’s and hybrid crops
Increased use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides
Norman Borlaug
Agribusiness
Advent of the steel plow
Identify this agricultural practice.
double-cropping
Terrace Farming
agglomeration
conurbation
Mediterranean Agriculture
The disappearance of the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan was MOST DIRECTLY caused by…
The draining of wetlands for more farmland.
Desertification resulting from deforestation.
Pesticides increasing the salinization of the seabed soil.
The diversion of rivers which fed the sea for the purposes of irrigation.
Global warming.
Which of the following is the BEST example of a societal change which resulted when people transitioned from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to a sedentary, agricultural way of life?
Humans formed co-ops to more evenly distribute goods.
Human societies across the world became more egalitarian.
Social stratification increased, putting more power and resources into the hands of a small, powerful elite.
The diet of the average human deteriorated since a smaller variety of less nutritious foods were available.
Humans were able to work fewer hours each day than they had living a hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
The two driving forces which influence agricultural practice the MOST are…
Climate and economics
Culture and politics
Religion and climate
Gender roles and division of labor
Latitudes and the amount of direct sunlight the region receives
Where is shifting cultivation most often practiced?
High latitudes
Mid latitudes
Polar regions
Temperate regions
Low latitudes
The Green Revolution…
Increased use of fertilizer
Increased irrigation
Increased use of pesticides
All of the above
Increased yields
In what climate is pastoral nomadism practiced?
Sub-tropical
Mediterranean
Arid and semi-arid
All of the above
Tropical
Which is NOT a form of commercial agriculture?
a. Mediterranean
extensive grain farming
pastoral nomadism
plantation agriculture
The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures is
transhumance
shifting cultivation
pastoral nomadism
oasis herding
all of the above
Identify this agricultural settlement pattern found along the Mississippi River and St Lawrence River Valleys and parts of Canada.
metes and bound village
clustered village
dispersed homesteads
French-long lot system
urban place
Which type of farming is displayed on the map to the right?
corn and soy beans
dairying
feedlot cattle
wheat
fruits and vegetables
The near extinction of the Peregrine falcon and the die-off of honey bees were caused by…
Excessive irrigation
Salinization
Pesticides
GMO crops
Fertilizer runoff
Agricultural practices are trending towards all of the following EXCEPT…
greater reliance on pesticides and other chemicals.
increased more corporate ownership
larger farms.
Subsistence farming.
More intensive use of machinery.
The Items below are ...
-more intensive labor results in job creation
-more expensive for consumers
-requires more land for same amount of crop/ heightened deforestation
-believed to be healthier for consumers
a. The positive features of GMO’s.
Qualities of the neo-hybridization movement.
Consequences of the Blue Revolution.
Negative impacts of the Green Revolution.
Features of the organic food industry.
