Unit 6 - Agricultural Geography

Question 1

According to Rubenstein (2002), agriculture is the….

Answer 1

“Deliberate modification of Earth’s surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain.”

Question 2

______ is one of the first things humans learned to do.

Answer 2

Agriculture

Question 3

The plants they cultivated are called _____.

Answer 3

crops

Question 4

The lands that are not good for planting are used for ______

Answer 4

livestock grazing

Question 5

The lands that are not good for planting are used for livestock grazing; this practice is called _______.

Answer 5

ranching

Question 6

_______ a form of pastoralism in which livestock are herded in order to seek for fresh pastures on which to graze.

Answer 6

Pastoral Nomadism/Nomadic Pastoralism

Question 7

A human living in a society in which most or all food is obtained by foraging (collecting wild plants and pursuing wild animals) is known as ______

Answer 7

Hunters and Gatherers

Question 7

A human living in a society in which most or all food is obtained by foraging (collecting wild plants and pursuing wild animals) is known as ______

Answer 7

Hunters and Gatherers

Question 8

An agricultural system in which person uses a piece of land, only to abandon or alter the initial use a short time later. This system often involves clearing of a piece of land followed by several years of wood harvesting or farming until the soil loses fertility is called ______

Answer 8

Shifting Cultivation

Question 9

The great increase in production of food grains that resulted in large part from the introduction into developing countries of new, high-yielding varieties, beginning in the mid-20th century is known as _____

Answer 9

The Green Revolution

Question 10

The _______ were the first people to walk the earth and benefit from their natural resources.

Answer 10

hunters and gatherers

Question 11

At present, there are only about 250,000 people who follow this way of life, and they can be found in ________

Answer 11

Australia, Africa, South America, and the Arctic.

Question 12

Two Basic Cultivation Techniques

Answer 12

Vegetative Planting
Seed Agriculture

Question 13

This basic cultivation technique is done by cutting off stems from existing plants and replanting them.

Answer 13

Vegetative Planting

Question 14

This basic cultivation technique is still used in modern-day farming. This when you plant seeds and help them grow.

Answer 14

Seed Agriculture

Question 15

______ is farming mainly to provide food for their families instead of selling their products.

Answer 15

Subsistence Agriculture

Question 16

Subsistence Agriculture is mostly and still practiced in _____

Answer 16

LDCs

Question 17

The Four Subsistence Farming Methods are:

Answer 17

Shifting Cultivation
Pastoral Nomadism
Intensive Subsistence with Wet Rice Dominant
Intensive Subsistence with Wet Rice Not Dominant

Question 18

This method is done in low latitudes, and it is very different from how farming is done in MDCs. The farmers will first clear off all plant life and rubbish and then bum it. This method clears the land while adding nutrients to the soil.

Answer 18

Shifting Cultivation/Slash-And-Burn Agriculture

Question 18

This method is done in low latitudes, and it is very different from how farming is done in MDCs. The farmers will first clear off all plant life and rubbish and then bum it. This method clears the land while adding nutrients to the soil.

Answer 18

Shifting Cultivation/Slash-And-Burn Agriculture

Question 19

In this method, the animals are domesticated, unlike the herds that the hunters and gatherers follow.

Answer 19

Pastoral Nomadism

Question 20

Usually, _______raise sheep or some other domesticated animals they use for food since they do little hunting or gathering.

Answer 20

pastoral nomads

Question 21

This method means that wet rice is the product, which is mostly done is the Southeastern regions of Asia.

Answer 21

Intensive Subsistence with Wet Rice Dominant

Question 22

This method is where wet rice is not dominant and produces mainly barley and wheat. This is mostly done in the interior of India and northeast China.

Answer 22

Intensive Subsistence with Wet Rice Not Dominant

Question 23

MDCs use more technologically advanced agricultural methods that generate_______.

Answer 23

higher yields

Question 24

This type of agriculture is mostly done in the MDCs.

Answer 24

Commercial Agriculture

Question 25

Farmers in MDCs use _____ extensively to cultivate large farms.

Answer 25

machinery

Question 26

To describe, explain, and analyze situations, many fields use models that are representations of realistic conditions. An example of this is the ______

Answer 26

The Von Thünen Model

Question 27

This model has some important variables useful to commercial farmers—the model shows which crops should be planted and the best location to grow them to maximize profits.

Answer 27

The Von Thünen Model

Question 28

The Von Thünen Model utilizes a set of rules to determine which crops should be produced, given the _____ location.

Answer 28

marketplace’s

Question 29

He was the one who developed the The Von Thünen Model.

Answer 29

Johann Heinrich Von Thünen
(1783-1850).

Question 30

The term ______ describes the transformation of agricultural practices, which started in Mexico in the 1940s. The plan was so successful that it was picked up worldwide by the 1950s and 1960s.

Answer 30

Green Revolution

Question 31

It was _______ an American scientist who was interested in agriculture who started the Green Revolution.

Answer 31

Norman Borlaug,

Question 32

Borlaug researched in Mexico to develop a new variety of wheat that is _______ and ______

Answer 32

disease resistant and high yield.

Question 33

The use of ______ was necessary to produce this variety of wheat, which changed the way agriculture was practiced.

Answer 33

fertilizer

Question 34

______ was also developed, which made it possible to use more land for production.

Answer 34

Irrigation

Question 35

Before the Green Revolution, farmers relied mostly on ______ to water their crops.

Answer 35

rainfall

Question 36

Breeding an almost homogenous variety made the crops more prone to diseases and pests. So, to protect their crops, farmers started using more _______.

Answer 36

pesticides

Question 37

The use of the Green Revolution improved the amount of food production worldwide and saved countries like ______ from famine.

Answer 37

China and India

Question 38

GMO stands for?

Answer 38

Genetically Modified Organisms

Question 39

Components of the Von Thünen Model

Answer 39

o City
o Dairy and Market Gardening
o Forest
o Grains and Other Crops
o Ranching