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AP Human Geo: Agriculture

Total questions: 92

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following are forms of commercial agriculture EXCEPT

a)

dairy farming

b)

pastoral nomadism

c)

cattle ranching

d)

specialized fruit production

e)

grain farming

2.

Which of the following crops is grown on the sides of terraced hills to allow flowing water to run over the plants?

a)

Wheat

b)

Rice

c)

Taro

d)

Soybeans

e)

Millet

3.

All of the following are plantation crops EXCEPT

a)

cotton

b)

tea

c)

sugarcane

d)

rubber

e)

wheat

4.

All of the following crops are products of Mediterranean agriculture EXCEPT

a)

olives

b)

grapes

c)

dates

d)

figs

e)

apples

5.

Which of the following types of agriculture is used most widely throughout the world?

a)

commercial farming

b)

slash-and-burn

c)

plantation

d)

shifting cultivation

e)

mediterranean

6.

Which form of commercial agriculture is found primarily in developing countries?

a)

plantation agriculture

b)

livestock farming

c)

mixed farming

d)

dairy farming

e)

truck farming

7.

Slash-and-Burn is an example of which agricultural practice?

a)

sustainable farming

b)

pastoral agriculture

c)

collective farming

d)

subsistence farming

e)

plantation agriculture

8.

Feedlots are an example of which kind of farming?

a)

intensive farming

b)

free-range farming

c)

extensive farming

d)

subsistence farming

e)

shifting cultivation

9.
A hearth is a 
a)
point of origin
b)
result of diffusion
10.
What is the BEST title for this chart?
a)
Commercial Agriculture/Subsistence Agriculture
b)
Modern Agriculture/Traditional Agriculture
c)
Subsistence Agriculture/Commercial Agriculture
d)
Life in LDCs/Life in MDCs
11.
The number one crop grown in the world is
a)
maize/corn
b)
wheat
c)
oats
d)
potatoes
12.

Industrial/modern commercial agriculture refers to

a)

large scale agriculture using machines to produce large amounts of crops for sale

b)

large scale agriculture using machines to produce small crops for individual families

c)

small scale, intensive agriculture

d)

small scale, extensive agriculture

13.

A positive impact of industrial/commercial agriculture is

a)

a decrease in amount of crops produced

b)

an increase in amount of crops produced

c)

increased water and air pollution

d)

decrease in the amount of machinery used

14.

A negative impact of industrial/commercial agriculture is

a)

a decrease in amount of crops produced

b)

an increase in amount of crops produced

c)

increased water and air pollution

d)

decrease in the amount of machinery used

15.

Extensive agriculture involves

a)

lots of land and labor

b)

little land and labor

c)

lots of land; less labor

d)

lots of labor; less land

16.

Which words correctly complete the following trend: "In the US the size of farms has ______ while the number of farmers has _______."

a)

increased; increased

b)

decreased; decreased

c)

increased; decreased

d)

decreased; increased

17.

Intensive agriculture involves

a)

lots of land and labor

b)

little land and labor

c)

lots of land; less labor

d)

lots of labor; less land

18.

The Second Agricultural Revolution refers to

a)

the invention of agriculture

b)

the application of new machines and industrialization to agriculture

c)

the application of science and new chemicals to agriculture (GMOs, fertilizers, pesticides)

d)

the diffusion of agriculture after the Spanish made contact with the Americas

19.

The Green/Third Agricultural Revolution refers to

a)

the invention of agriculture

b)

the application of new machines and industrialization to agriculture

c)

the application of science and new chemicals to agriculture (GMOs, fertilizers, pesticides)

d)

the diffusion of agriculture after the Spanish made contact with the Americas

20.

Which term refers to a model that explains the location of agricultural activities based on distance from the city?

a)

von Thunen Model

b)

Rostow's Model

c)

the GMO Model

d)

the Diffusion Model

21.

What type of agriculture is:

the raising of livestock for food by moving herds from place to place to find pasture and water

a)

shifting cultivation

b)

plantation

c)

nomadic herding

d)

mixed crop and livestock

22.

What type of agriculture is:

raising a large amount of a "cash crop" for local sale or export?

a)

shifting cultivation

b)

plantation

c)

ranching

d)

mixed crop and livestock

23.

What type of agriculture is:

clearing forests to plant fields for a few years and then abandoning them to move to repeat the process

a)

shifting cultivation

b)

ranching

c)

nomadic herding

d)

mixed crop and livestock

24.

What type of agriculture is:

the growing of vegetables, fruits, or flowers for market

a)

shifting cultivation

b)

ranching

c)

nomadic herding

d)

market gardening

25.

What has become more popular in response to using pesticides for farming?

a)

slash-and-burn

b)

crop rotation

c)

shifting cultivation

d)

organic farming

26.
Farmers that produce food that they need to survive on a daily basis are called
a)
Commercial agriculture
b)
Industrial agriculture
c)
Slash-and-burn agriculture
d)
subsistence agriculture
27.

Overfarming land areas and over-using the soil has contributed to which problem?

a)

Desertification

b)

Soil loss

c)

Acid rain

d)

Famine

28.

A type of farming where farmers purposely burn tress and debris to create a natural fertilizer to try and replenish soil nutrients

a)

double cropping

b)

slash and burn

c)

crop rotation

d)

transhumance

29.

Agricultural practices that preserve and enhance environmental quality

a)

nonrenewable

b)

sustainable

c)

hybridization

d)

GMO

30.

The outer ring of Von Thunen model is for __________

a)

horticulture and dairy

b)

crop rotation

c)

enclosed field

d)

grazing

31.

Dairy is ______ of the Von Thunen model

a)

1st ring

b)

2nd ring

c)

3rd ring

d)

4th ring

32.

The First Agricultural Revolution refers to

a)

the invention of agriculture

b)

the application of new machines and industrialization to agriculture

c)

the application of science and new chemicals to agriculture (GMOs, fertilizers, pesticides)

d)

the diffusion of agriculture after the Spanish made contact with the Americas

33.

The Agricultural Revolution that contributed to fast-growing crops was known as

a)

GMO Revolution

b)

Seed Agricultural Revolution

c)

Green Revolution

d)

Industrial Revolution

34.

Commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food-processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporations.

a)

Agriculture

b)

Agribusiness

c)

Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)

d)

Ridge Tillage

35.

The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.

a)

Desertification

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Agricultural Revolution

d)

Green Revolution

36.

The cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions.

a)

Commercial Agriculture

b)

Subsistence Agriculture

c)

Aquaculture (Aquafarming)

d)

Agriculture

37.

A grass that yields grain for food.

a)

Wet Rice

b)

Paddy

c)

Grain

d)

Cereal Grain

38.

Physical, social, economic access at all times to safe and nutritious food sufficient to meet dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.

a)

Food Security

b)

Dietary Energy Comsumption

c)

Horticulture

d)

Transhumance

39.

A living organism that possesses a novel combination of genetic material obtained through the use of modern biotechnology.

a)

Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)

b)

Shifting Cultivation

c)

Green Revolution

d)

Desertification

40.

The Malay word for wet rice, increasingly used to describe a flooded field.

a)

Slash-and-Burn Agriculture

b)

Agribusiness

c)

Paddy

d)

Shifting Agriculture

41.

All of the following are forms of commercial agriculture EXCEPT

a)

dairy farming

b)

pastoral nomadism

c)

cattle ranching

d)

specialized fruit production

e)

grain farming

42.

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 ---

a)

subsistence agriculture

b)

commercial farming

c)

crop rotation

d)

slash-and-burn agriculture

e)

shifting cultivation

43.

Which of the following crops is grown on the sides of terraced hills to allow flowing water to run over the plants?

a)

Wheat

b)

Rice

c)

Taro

d)

Soybeans

e)

Millet

44.

All of the following are plantation crops EXCEPT

a)

cotton

b)

tea

c)

sugarcane

d)

rubber

e)

wheat

45.

All of the following crops are products of Mediterranean agriculture EXCEPT

a)

olives

b)

grapes

c)

dates

d)

figs

e)

apples

46.

Which form of commercial agriculture is found primarily in developing countries?

a)

plantation agriculture

b)

livestock farming

c)

mixed farming

d)

dairy farming

e)

truck farming

47.

Which of the following types of agriculture is used most widely throughout the world?

a)

commercial farming

b)

slash-and-burn

c)

plantation

d)

shifting cultivation

e)

mediterranean

48.

Feedlots are an example of which kind of farming?

a)

intensive farming

b)

free-range farming

c)

extensive farming

d)

subsistence farming

e)

shifting cultivation

49.

Developed countries can feed large numbers of people with less farmers due to

a)

high tech machinery

b)

better climates

c)

fewer diseases

d)

less food consumption occurs in developed countries

50.

Farming for the purpose of sale and profit is

a)

Commercial Ag

b)

Subsistence Ag

c)

folk culture

d)

pop culture

51.

Farming solely for the consumption of food by the farmers family is known as

a)

Subsistence Agriculture

b)

Commercial Agriculture

c)

hunting and gathering

d)

agricultural density

52.

Latin America is considered the hearth for all of the following EXCEPT

a)

beans and cotton

b)

sorghum

c)

squash

d)

sweet potato

53.

the time when humans first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied on hunting and gathering was the

a)

environmental determinism

b)

French Revolution

c)

Agricultural Revolution

d)

folk culture

54.

What percent of US citizens are farmers?

a)

10%

b)

15%

c)

2%

d)

38%

55.

Industrial/modern commercial agriculture refers to

a)

large scale agriculture using machines to produce large amounts of crops for sale

b)

large scale agriculture using machines to produce small crops for individual families

c)

small scale, intensive agriculture

d)

small scale, extensive agriculture

56.

Which words correctly complete the following trend: "In the US the size of farms has ______ while the number of farmers has _______."

a)

increased; increased

b)

decreased; decreased

c)

increased; decreased

d)

decreased; increased

57.

Extensive agriculture involves

a)

lots of land and labor

b)

little land and labor

c)

lots of land; less labor

d)

lots of labor; less land

58.

Intensive agriculture involves

a)

lots of land and labor

b)

little land and labor

c)

lots of land; less labor

d)

lots of labor; less land

59.

All of the following developments have INCREASED amount of crops produced in the last 100 years EXCEPT

a)

mechanization or new machines

b)

new technology (GMOs, chemical pesticides and fertilizers)

c)

the Green Revolution

d)

an increase in the number of farmers in the world

60.

The Second Agricultural Revolution refers to

a)

the invention of agriculture

b)

the application of new machines and industrialization to agriculture

c)

the application of science and new chemicals to agriculture (GMOs, fertilizers, pesticides)

d)

the diffusion of agriculture after the Spanish made contact with the Americas

61.

The Green/Third Agricultural Revolution refers to

a)

the invention of agriculture

b)

the application of new machines and industrialization to agriculture

c)

the application of science and new chemicals to agriculture (GMOs, fertilizers, pesticides)

d)

the diffusion of agriculture after the Spanish made contact with the Americas

62.

Which term refers to a model that explains the location of agricultural activities based on distance from the city?

a)

von Thunen Model

b)

Rostow's Model

c)

the GMO Model

d)

the Diffusion Model

63.

What type of agriculture is:

clearing forests to plant fields for a few years and then abandoning them to move to repeat the process

a)

shifting cultivation

b)

ranching

c)

nomadic herding

d)

mixed crop and livestock

64.

What type of agriculture is:

the growing of vegetables, fruits, or flowers for market

a)

shifting cultivation

b)

ranching

c)

nomadic herding

d)

market gardening

65.

Overfarming land areas and over-using the soil has contributed to which problem?

a)

Desertification

b)

Soil loss

c)

Acid rain

d)

Famine

66.

What is the 4th ring of the Von Thunen Model?

a)

Forest

b)

Ranching, livestock

c)

Market gardening and dairying

d)

Increasingly extensive field crops

67.

The outer ring of Von Thunen model is for __________

a)

horticulture and dairy

b)

crop rotation

c)

enclosed field

d)

grazing

68.

Dairy is ______ of the Von Thunen model

a)

1st ring

b)

2nd ring

c)

3rd ring

d)

4th ring

69.

A living organism that possesses a novel combination of genetic material obtained through the use of modern biotechnology.

a)

Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)

b)

Shifting Cultivation

c)

Green Revolution

d)

Desertification

70.
According to Von Thunen's Model, which agricultural zone is closest to the market?
a)
Livestock
b)
Commercial Grain
c)
Dairy Farming
d)
Forestry
71.
The number one crop grown in the world is
a)
maize/corn
b)
wheat
c)
oats
d)
potatoes
72.
MDCs typically have a lower ______ than LDCs because of access to technology and the use of commercial farming methods.
a)
agricultural density
b)
physiological density
c)
arithmetic density
73.
A hearth is a 
a)
point of origin
b)
result of diffusion
74.

What is Enviornmental Possibilism?

a)

The Physical Environment can impact the ways in which human society develops, however humans can utilize technology in order to combat natural limitations

b)

The Physical Environment does not impact the ways in which human society develops, however humans can utilize technology in order to combat natural limitations

75.

True or False: Monocropping is the cultivation of one or two crops that are rotated seasonally

a)

True

b)

False

76.

What is the Bid-Rent Theory?

a)

The value of land is influenced by its relationship to the market

b)

The value of land is NOT influenced by its relationship to the market

c)

The perishability of the product and transportation costs to the market factor into a farmer's decisions regarding agricultural practices

77.

What are the characteristics of dispersed rural settlement patterns?

a)

High-rise apartment buildings with no surrounding land

b)

Densely packed houses with no surrounding land for agriculture

c)

Clustering of dwellings with no surrounding land used for agriculture

d)

Widely spaced dwellings with surrounding land used for agriculture

78.

Explain the concept of nucleated rural settlement patterns.

a)

Buildings clustered around a central point

b)

Buildings arranged in a straight line

c)

Buildings arranged in a circular pattern

d)

Buildings scattered randomly with no central point

79.

What are the characteristics of a central business district (CBD) in urban settlement patterns?

a)

High land values, tall buildings, sparse population, and concentration of industrial activities

b)

Moderate land values, medium-sized buildings, moderate population, and concentration of agricultural activities

c)

High land values, tall buildings, dense population, and concentration of commercial and business activities

d)

Low land values, short buildings, sparse population, and concentration of residential activities

80.

Which concept is demonstrated in this image?

a)

the results of the enclosure movement

b)

the impact of the green revolution

c)

the significance of carrying capacity

d)

the use of terrace farming

e)

the results of deforestation

81.

What farming practice does the image show?

a)

Shifting cultivation

b)

Intercropping

c)

Market gardening

d)

Double cropping

e)

Plantation agriculture

82.

Which aspect of von Thunen's Model has changed as a result of developments in transportation?

a)

The market is no longer at the center.

b)

The width of the rings has increased.

c)

The width of the rings has decreased.

d)

The rings now stretch along rivers.

e)

The model now includes a ring for transportation.

83.

According to Johann von Thunen, horticulture (growing fruits and vegetables) should take place

a)

Near the edge of the city because products are easily transported and do not spoil easily

b)

Nearest to the market because products spoil quickly

c)

Outside of grain farming because of the large land requirements

d)

In developed countries

e)

In tropical regions where the growing season is more suitable for these crops.

84.

Land division system in England as well as east of the Appalachian Mountains in the United States - relies on description of land ownership and natural features

a)

Metes and bounds system

b)

Township and range system

c)

Rectangular survey system

d)

French Long-lot survey system

e)

Von Thunen's Land Use Model

85.

Johann von Thunen would use ring 4 for

a)

Grain farming

b)

Dairy and horticulture

c)

Livestock / ranching

d)

Plantation farming

e)

Urban markets

86.

Rectangular land division system created by Thomas Jefferson to disperse settlers evenly across farmland of the U.S. interior - 6 square mile townships and 1 mile square sections .

a)

Metes and bounds system

b)

Township and range system

c)

Rectangular survey system

d)

French Long-lot survey system

e)

Von Thunen's Land Use Model

87.

GMOs are unique because

a)

They combine the entire DNA sequence of two parents

b)

They are less resistant to pests

c)

They contain specific genes transplanted from other organisms

d)

The daughters are no longer the same species

88.

What is the purpose of the metes and bounds system used in England?

a)

To divide common land into individual plots

b)

To describe plot boundaries using specific points and larger features

c)

To measure and record the distance, elevation, and size of features on the earth's surface

d)

To create rectangular plots of consistent size

89.

What is the main characteristic of the French long-lot system?

a)

Clustered settlements

b)

Long, thin sections of land that run perpendicular to a river

c)

Rectangular plots of consistent size

d)

Dispersed settlements

90.

What is the purpose of the linear settlement pattern?

a)

To organize buildings and human activities close to a body of water or along a transportation route

b)

To encourage individual self-sufficiency

c)

To foster a strong sense of place and shared services

d)

To divide common land into individual plots

91.

What was the impact of the British enclosure movement on rural land use?

a)

Divided common land into individual plots

b)

Promoted the use of the French long-lot system

c)

Allowed agriculture to be practiced in regions previously thought to be incapable of producing food

d)

Reduced the need for human labor

92.

What is the main characteristic of the township and range system in the United States?

a)

Rectangular plots of consistent size

b)

Long, thin sections of land that run perpendicular to a river

c)

Buildings and human activities organized close to a body of water or along a transportation route

d)

Farmers lived in homes spread throughout the countryside

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