AP HUG
Review Guide 10: AgricultureName: ______
1. Agriculture is a ______sector activity.
2. ____ % of all farmers are in a LDC.
3. Geographer Carl Sauer surmised that the first farmer planted ______crops, such as yams and taro.
4. Taro, palm, and yams were originally grown in what region? ______
5. What region is the hearth for the following crops/animals?
Maize:______
Cotton, beans:______
Wheat and barley: ______
Horse ______
Rice, millet, sorghum: ______
Pigs, goat, sheep:______
6. Briefly describe the First, Second, and Third Agricultural Revolutions in 2-3 sentences each:
7. What is the real reason why humans have not been able to end world hunger?
8. What is the main reason why a certain crop is chosen by a famer?______
9.______% of the labor force in an LDC is a farmer.
10. Although only______% of Americans are farmers, ______of Americans are employed in food processing.
11. 25% of the Earth’s land in used for what type of agriculture? ______
12. Name the FOUR types of agriculture in an LDC:
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13. What crop would most likely be found in a sawah? ______
14. Name THREE activities that are replacing Shifting cultivation agriculture:
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15. In what area of the world do we find the greatest cultural and biodiversity on the planet?
16. Pastoral nomads mainly eat: ______.
17. Give examples of factors that determine how nomads migrate:
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18. Seasonal migration between highlands and lowlands:______
19. Many governments are forcing nomads off their lands. Give three other activities the government would prefer to use the land for:
20. What type of agriculture feeds most of Asia? ______
21. In double–cropping in Asia, what crop is grown in the summer? ______Winter? ______
Why can’t India use the method of double –cropping?
22. In 1949, what nation forced their farmers onto collective farms?______
What happened when this same nation reversed the collective farm policy?
23. Plantations are owned by ______but found in :______.
24. Where would you find Mixed Grain and Livestock Farming?
25. In Mixed Grain and Livestock farming, most of the profit is from: ______
26. Four crop rotation was first used in Europe in the ______century.
27. What state is the center of the Corn Belt? ______
28. In order, name the nations that are the largest producers of milk:
29. Why is most of the milk in Wisconsin processed as cheese, while 95% of the milk in Pennsylvania is consumed as milk?
30. Dairy Farming is capital intensive. What does that mean?
31.What is the world’s leading export crop? ______
32. What region of the world imports the most grain? ______
33. What TWO nations produce the most wheat? ______
34. Name two invention of the Second Industrial Revolution:______
35. Name THREE inventions that made farming possible on the “Great American Desert” or the “Great Plains” as it is known today:
36. In what TWO European nations can you still find large scale cattle-ranching?______
37. What is the most prevalent farm animal in Australia and New Zealand?______
38. What type of agriculture is found in Chile, California, Italy and Greece?
39. What is horticulture?
40. What are the TWO most important crops along the Mediterranean Sea?______
41. What is another name for “Commercial Garden and Fruit Farming?
Where would you find this type of farming in the United States?______
42. In New England, Dairy farming is being replaced by :______
43. Name all SIX types of farming found in a MDC:
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44. What is the MAIN difference between farming in an LDC and an MDC?
45. The von Thunen model explains:
46. What would you find in the dead center of the von Thunen model?______
In the first ring?______
The 2nd ring?______
The 3rd ring?______
The 4th ring? ______
47. List the three ways that an MDC can deal with overproduction:
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48. This type of agriculture preserves the environment for future generations:
49. What are the three principles behind organic farming?
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50. What is the biggest problem for farmers in LDC’s?
51. What geographer said that subsistence farmers would always ind new techniques to increase food supplies?
52. LDC often grow “luxury crops” for MDC’s instead of food for their populations. Name some of these crops:
53. Where is most of the world’s heroin grown?______
54. Cocaine?______
55. Give three reasons why the amount of land for agriculture is NOT keeping pace with the population:
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56. List FOUR ways in which mankind can increase the food supply:
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57. List FOUR problems with the von Thunen Model:
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