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AP Human Unit 5 Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

      Dairying

b)

   Intensive subsistence

      

c)

Ranching

d)

Shifting cultivation

e)

   Pastoral nomadism

2.

What agricultural practice is shown?

a)

double cropping

b)

intercropping

c)

market gardening

d)

plantation agriculture

e)

shifting cultivation

3.

Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Mesoamerica and Sub-Saharan Africa were all…

a)

Leaders in starting the Columbian Exchange.

b)

  Regions where the Third Agricultural Revolution failed.

c)

Hearths of plant domestication.

d)

Areas noted for widespread terracing.

e)

  Sites where the Second Agricultural Revolution began.

4.

  Deforestation has resulted in…

a)

More farmland in some places but more desertification in others.

b)

More farmland in some places and less desertification in others.

c)

Less farmland in some places but more desertification in others.

d)

Less farmland in some places and less desertification in others.

e)

No noticeable change in the amount of farmland or desertification.

5.

Identify this crop.

a)

Corn

b)

wheat

c)

rice

d)

cassava

6.

  The domestication of plants and animals occurred in the …

a)

Green Revolution

b)

Second Agricultural Revolution

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

Industrial Revolution

e)

First Agricultural Revolution

7.

     As a result of the Columbian Exchange, which crop was transferred from the Americas to Europe and later the rest of the world?

a)

Coffee

b)

Rice

c)

Maize (corn)

d)

Wheat

e)

  Olives

8.

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)…

  

a)

An economy of scale

b)

A supply chain

c)

A subsidy

d)

The algae bloom which can occur from excessive use of fertilizers

e)

Agribusiness

9.

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?

a)

Forest, tomatoes, beef cattle, dairy cattle

b)

Dairy cattle, forest, grain, beef cattle

c)

  Dairy cattle, beef cattle, forest

d)

Tomatoes, grain, forest, beef cattle

e)

Grain, forest, beef cattle, dair cattle

10.

Which of the following is a subsistence crop?

a)

Cocoa

b)

Rubber

c)

Cotton

d)

Corn

e)

Timber

11.

Which of the following is NOT associated with the Third Revolution?

a)

  GMO’s and hybrid crops

b)

Increased use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides

c)

Norman Borlaug

d)

Agribusiness

e)

Advent of the steel plow

12.

Identify this agricultural practice.

a)

double-cropping

b)

Terrace Farming

c)

agglomeration

d)

conurbation

e)

Mediterranean Agriculture

13.

     The disappearance of the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan was MOST DIRECTLY caused by…

     

a)

    The draining of wetlands for more farmland.

b)

Desertification resulting from deforestation.

c)

Pesticides increasing the salinization of the seabed soil.

d)

The diversion of rivers which fed the sea for the purposes of irrigation.

e)

Global warming.

14.

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?

a)

      Humans formed co-ops to more evenly distribute goods.

b)

Human societies across the world became more egalitarian.

c)

Social stratification increased, putting more power and resources into the hands of a small, powerful elite.

d)

The diet of the average human deteriorated since a smaller variety of less nutritious foods were available.

e)

Humans were able to work fewer hours each day than they had living a hunter-gatherer lifestyle.

15.

The two driving forces which influence agricultural practice the MOST are…

a)

Climate and economics

b)

Culture and politics

c)

Religion and climate

d)

Gender roles and division of labor

e)

Latitudes and the amount of direct sunlight the region receives

16.

Where is shifting cultivation most often practiced?

  

a)

High latitudes

b)

  Mid latitudes

c)

Polar regions

d)

Temperate regions

e)

    Low latitudes

17.

The Green Revolution…

a)

   Increased use of fertilizer

b)

Increased irrigation

c)

Increased use of pesticides

d)

All of the above

e)

  Increased yields

18.

In what climate is pastoral nomadism practiced?

  

a)

Sub-tropical

b)

 Mediterranean

c)

    Arid and semi-arid

d)

   All of the above

e)

Tropical

19.

   Which is NOT a form of commercial agriculture?

a)

a. Mediterranean

b)

extensive grain farming

c)

pastoral nomadism

d)

plantation agriculture

20.

   The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures is

a)

transhumance

b)

shifting cultivation

c)

pastoral nomadism

d)

oasis herding

e)

all of the above

21.

Identify this agricultural settlement pattern found along the Mississippi River and St Lawrence River Valleys and parts of Canada.

a)

metes and bound village

b)

clustered village

c)

dispersed homesteads

d)

French-long lot system

e)

urban place

22.

Which type of farming is displayed on the map to the right?

a)

corn and soy beans

b)

dairying

c)

feedlot cattle

d)

wheat

e)

fruits and vegetables

23.

  The near extinction of the Peregrine falcon and the die-off of honey bees were caused by…

               

a)

Excessive irrigation

b)

Salinization

c)

Pesticides

d)

   GMO crops

e)

  Fertilizer runoff   

24.

    Agricultural practices are trending towards all of the following EXCEPT…

a)

greater reliance on pesticides and other chemicals.

b)

increased more corporate ownership

c)

larger farms.

d)

  Subsistence farming.

e)

More intensive use of machinery.

25.

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)

a.      The positive features of GMO’s.

b)

Qualities of the neo-hybridization movement.

c)

Consequences of the Blue Revolution.

d)

Negative impacts of the Green Revolution.

e)

Features of the organic food industry.