WorksheetsUnit 5 Review
Total questions: 64
Worksheet time: 47mins
Reorder the following stages of the Von Thunen Model, starting with the innermost ring.
Which question correctly explain the trend of intensive and extensive agriculture in relation to the Von Thunen Model?
Extensive agriculture is more focused on the inner rings, while intensive is more common in the outer rings
Intensive agriculture is more focused on the inner rings, while extensive is more common in the outer rings
Intensive and extensive agriculture are common in all rings of the Von Thunen Model
There is not relationship between intensive and extensive agriculture
Reorder the agricultural revolutions in the order that they occurred.
Neolithic Revolution
2nd Agricultural Revolution
Green Revolution
What happened at the same time as the 2nd Agricultural Revolution?
(a)
Match the following pictures with their descriptions
hunting and gathering
terrace farming
irrigation
pastoral nomadism
applying pesticides
Match the following agricultural innovation to the correct revolution
Neolithic Revolution
2nd Agricultural Revolution
Green Revolution
Match the following early crop with its hearth
Corn
Mesoamerica
Wheat
Mesopotamia
Rice
Asia
Sorghum
Africa
What do we call agriculture that produces enough for the farmer to consume?
(a)
Which of the following theories predicted that overpopulation would lead a crisis point that lead to wars over resources?
Boserupian Theory
Malthusian/neo-Malthusian Theory
Darwinian Theory
The bid-rent theory
Match the following survey system
Long-lots
meets and bounds
township and range
Match the following survey system with where they came from
township and range
USA
meets and bounds
England & colonies
long lots
France & colonies
What term describes the process of land in arid regions becoming infertile and unable to support plant life?
Deforestation
Desertification
Soil salinization
Arable land
What does LDC stand for?
(a)
What does MDC stand for?
(a)
Which of the following is NOT an advance from the Green Revolution?
GMOs
chemical fertilizers
crop rotations
pesticides
A farmer who produces only enough food for their immediate family is practicing
Shifting cultivation
Intensive agriculture
Vegetative planting
Subsistence farming
In the Mediterranean region, the most important crops are
Olives and grapes
Citrus fruits and tree nuts
Tomatoes and lettuce
Cotton and sugarcane
Hunter and gatherer societies differ from farming societies in that hunter and gatherer societies were
Less likely to be characterized by gender inequality
More likely to require more hours of work per person
More likely to have job specialization
More likely to practice polytheism
In which of the following areas has desertification had the strongest negative impact?
Mexico
Eastern China
the Sahel
India
Which of the following does NOT characterize modern industrial agriculture?
Specialized crops
Signing agreements with buyer-processors
Global trade
Participation by farmers in less developed countries
Refrigerated ships and railroad cars most directly benefited the long-distance transportation of ____ to global markets.
Wheat
Beef
Rice
Cotton
Increasing global food production by expanding the amount of land under cultivation is limited by the fact that
Technology is lacking in many less developed countries
Most of the world's arable land is already under cultivation
Few young people want to be farmers
Governments are unwilling to give up public lands
Most workers engaged in agriculture are involved in what TYPE of agriculture?
Livestock ranching
Subsistence
Agribusiness
Dairying
Which of the following was NOT a commodity first raised in the Americas and traded to the Eastern Hemisphere during the Columbian Exchange?
Beans
Wheat
Squash
Potatoes
Which form of farming is typically most concentrated near population centers?
Dairy farming
Cereal farming
Mixed crop and livestock
Mediterranean
The Green Revolution has had the least impact on people who live in
Southeast Asia
China
Sub-Saharan Africa
India
An enclosed area where livestock are held and fattened before slaughter is known as a
Feedlot
Milkshed
Pasture
Range
Which of the following forms of agriculture is usually NOT practiced in the developing world?
Intensive subsistence
Mixed crop and livestock
Shifting cultivation
Pastoral nomadism
Which form of commercial agriculture is most common in the developing world?
Mediterranean
Market gardening
Plantation
Livestock ranching
The largest number of crop and livestock hearths are found in what region?
East Asia
Southwest Asia
Southern Europe
East Africa
Which agricultural technology was central to the Second Agricultural Revolution?
Steel plow
Biotechnology
Combine harvester
Chemical fertilizer
Which of the following is NOT a result of the First Agricultural Revolution?
Permanent settlements
Stable food supply
Population decline
Job specialization
According to the von Thuenen model, which activity is likely to be found furthest from population centers?
Grain farming
Livestock ranching
Market gardening
Forestry
Which form of farming is typically most concentrated near population centers?
Dairy farming
Cereal farming
Mixed crop and livestock
Mediterranean
An enclosed area where livestock are held and fattened before slaughter is known as a
Feedlot
Milkshed
Pasture
Range
global movement of plants and animals between the Old World (Europe, Africa, and Asia) and New World (the Americas) after the age of exploration.
transhumance
pastoral nomadism
Columbian Exchange
Second Agricultural Revolution
agriculture that uses fewer inputs of capital, effort per individual, and overall manpower, but large amounts of land.
Extensive
Intensive
Commercial
Subsistence
agriculture that uses higher inputs of capital, effort per individual, and overall manpower
Extensive
Intensive
Commercial
Subsistence
seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pasture areas
ranching
horticulture
elevation herding
transhumance
practiced mostly in LDCs with tropical climates; farmers grow crops on a plot of land for a temporary amount of time, until the soil nutrients are depleted. The farmers leave that land alone to let the soil recover, while they plant on a new plot of land.
double cropping
horticulture
shifting cultivation
crop rotation
a type of of shifting cultivation where farmers purposely burn leftover vegetation and debris to create a natural fertilizer to try and replenish soil nutrients
double cropping
slash and burn
crop rotation
transhumance
agricultural practices that preserve and enhance environmental quality
nonrenewable
sustainable
hybridization
GMO
A positive impact of industrial/commercial agriculture is
a decrease in amount of crops produced
an increase in amount of crops produced
increased water and air pollution
decrease in the amount of machinery used
A negative impact of industrial/commercial agriculture is
a decrease in amount of crops produced
an increase in amount of crops produced
increased water and air pollution
decrease in the amount of machinery used
Which words correctly complete the following trend: "In the US the size of farms has ______ while the number of farmers has _______."
increased; increased
decreased; decreased
increased; decreased
decreased; increased
The Green/Third Agricultural Revolution refers to
the invention of agriculture
the application of new machines and industrialization to agriculture
the application of science and new chemicals to agriculture (GMOs, fertilizers, pesticides)
the diffusion of agriculture after the Spanish made contact with the Americas
Subsistence agriculture dominates in
less developed countries
more developed countries
mid-latitude climates
newly-industrialized countries
Which of the following spatial patterns is best explained by the bid-rent theory?
concentric rings of different agricultural activities surrounding cities in the Midwestern United States.
rural-to-urban migration increasing the population density to eastern China
linear settlements located along a major road in a densely forested area of Brazil
dispersed settlement throughout a large mountainous area of Switzerland.
occurs when more units of a good or service can be produced on a larger scale with (on average) fewer input costs.
Supply and Demand
Commodity Chain
Economies of Scale
Bid-Rent Theory
the worldwide system that a business uses to produce products or services.
Dependency Ratio
Commodity Line
Import-Export Agreement
Global Supply Chain
the push to eat food that is grown and harvested nearby to where it is purchased.
Organic Method
Local Food Movement
Globalization
Farmers Market Movement
A linked system of processes that gather resources, convert them into goods, package them for distribution, disperse them, and sell them on the market.
Commodity Chain
Export Chain
Supply Line
Chain Migration
the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation.
Life Limiation
Carrying Capicity
Sustainability Equation
Arithmetic Density
The practice of growing plants and raising animals for human consumption within cities and suburbs
Ecodiversity
Ecology
Urban Farming
Food Desert
Which is NOT an example of agricultural technology?
Advanced farm machinery also increases production by improving efficiency.
Governments continue to control the supply of certain crops by enacting quotas
Scientists have taken the natural process of hybridization to intentionally create hybrid crops.
The use of pesticides, including herbicides and insecticides, has led to higher crop yields.
Which term is illustrated in the picture?
commodity chain
farm subsidies
vertical integration
tariffs
Some solutions to rising costs of production have been for the U.S. federal government to provide low-cost loans, insurance, and payments called--
commodity chain
farm subsidies
vertical integration
tariffs
Which term is illustrated in this picture?
Bid Rent Model
von Thünen model
Which TWO are assumptions of the von Thünen model?
The market is located in an isolated, self-sufficient state without external influences.
Timber and firewood were important commodities used for heating, cooking, and building.
A single, centrally located market is the destination of a farmer’s produce.
Land is less desirable here and therefore less expensive.
Consumers in a store in Canada who purchase vegetables that originated from a farm in the Netherlands are each part of the ______________.
As these networks have grown more complex, many regions of agricultural production and consumption have become increasingly interdependent.
cash crop
infastructure
global supply chain
farm subsidies
What is the term for the control of the food production process from the seed to the distribution of the processed product meeting the demands of the market?
a) Agribusiness
b) Business
c) Commodity control
d) Farm to market
e) Globalization
What factor, in addition to proximity to the market and cost of land, influences the location of agricultural activities?
a) Transportation costs to market increase with distance
b) The bulk size of agricultural products sold at the market
c) The conditions of animals raised in CAFOs
d) The noise of the market and its effects on live animals
e) The amount of money banks are willing to loan to farmers to purchase land
Which of the following is NOT a main export commodity from the country listed?
a. cacao from Ghana
b. palm oil from Malaysia
c. cotton from Mozambique
d. pineapples from France
e. tea from Sri Lanka
