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WorksheetsAgriculture and Land Use
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The second agricultural revolution allowed a ________ in food supplies.
shortage
surplus
decline
dehydration
When did agriculture begin?
Around 10,000 years ago
Around 100,000 years ago
Around 100 years ago
Last week
Consists of improvements to agriculture brought about by the application of modern scientific methods to the development of new crop varieties and agricultural inputs.
Green Revolution
October Revolution
Blue Revolution
French Revolution
An early center of human agricultural development is called a...
Center
Hearth
Gathering
Land
Overgrazing and overfarming pasture areas has contributed to which problem?
Desertification
Soil loss
Acid rain
Famine
Which form of subsistence agriculture is likely to be found in areas with heavy rainfall?
Pastoral nomadism
Mixed crop and livestock
Wet rice cultivation
Plantation agriculture
Which of the following is NOT a result of the First Agricultural Revolution?
Permanent settlements
Stable food supply
Population decline
Job specialization
Which agricultural technology was central to the Second Agricultural Revolution?
Steel plow
Biotechnology
Combine harvester
Chemical fertilizer
The Third Agricultural Revolution is also known as _____________
The Crop Revolution
The Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
The Green Revolution
This settlement pattern involves a number of buildings or houses not that close to each other but are within the same locality.
Dispersed
Isolated
Nucleated
Linear
This is a settlement pattern that is usually developed along the road, railways, established routes or waterways.
Linear
Dispersed
Isolated
Nucleated
This type of settlement pattern has a center point and develop from the middle outwards.
Dispersed
Nucleated
Isolated
Linear
Domestication means?
Using animals for food
A tool making process
To tame wild plants and animals
Foraging for edible plants
1. What do you call a flooded parcel of land that is used to grow rice or other semiaquatic crops?
paddy field
river bed
pasture
inclave
What new technology was used in the Second Agricultural revolution in Europe?
chemical fertilizers
Seed drill
hybrid seeds
hydraulics
How is food production increased?
gardening
foraging
Agriculture
revolution
After 1990 what is most land used for?
Other
Forest
cropland and pasture
cropland
BEFORE 1700 what is most land used for?
Forest and Other
Forest
cropland and pasture
cropland
What is the main change in the types of farming?
Intensive Agriculture is the most common
There are no natural ecosystems
Substance farming is the most popular
Natural Ecosystems are on the rise
What is the main characteristic of a cluster/nuclear settlement?
Houses are built along a transport link
There are not many houses
Houses are close together
Houses are far from each other
