Ch. 9 Test

Question 1

What percentage of farmers are in developed countries?

Answer 1

3% of farmers in developed countries.

Question 2

What percentage of farmers are in developing countries?

Answer 2

42% of farmers in developing countries.

Question 3

In which regions is intensive wet-rice agriculture dominant?

Answer 3

East, South, and Southeast Asia.

Question 4

What is transhumance?

Answer 4

Transhumance is a seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pasture areas.

Question 5

What does Von Thunen’s model predict?

Answer 5

It predicts humans will use land in relation to the cost of land and the cost of transporting products to market.

Question 6

What is found in the 1st ring of the Von Thunen Model?

Answer 6

Market-Oriented Gardens and Dairy Farms, which are expensive to transport and must reach market quickly or they will expire.

Question 7

What is found in the 2nd ring of the Von Thunen Model?

Answer 7

Woodlots, used for lumber and fuel.

Question 8

What is found in the 3rd ring of the Von Thunen Model?

Answer 8

Various Crops and Pasture.

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Animal Grazing, which requires lots of space.

Question 10

Who is the leading producer of chicken?

Answer 10

The United States.

Question 11

Who is the leading producer of meat?

Answer 11

China.

Question 12

What leads to desertification?

Answer 12

Human Actions.

Question 13

What are some health concerns regarding GMOs in Africa?

Answer 13

Health Problems: not nutritious and can damage the body.

Question 14

What export problems are associated with GMOs in Africa?

Answer 14

Europeans are strongly opposed to GMOs, so they are required to be labeled.

Question 15

What dependency issue arises from GMOs in Africa?

Answer 15

They are required to buy those seeds from the USA.

Question 16

Who is the largest producer of wheat in the world?

Answer 16

China.

Question 17

Where is marijuana widely produced?

Answer 17

In Mexico, with the majority going to the United States.

Question 18

What does fair-trade agriculture provide?

Answer 18

Fair wages in LDCs.

Question 19

What are the factors of the Green Revolution?

Answer 19

Invention of high-yield grains, increased production of rice, new varieties of wheat and corn, reduced famines, and use of pesticides and mechanized irrigation.

Question 20

How has genetic engineering increased farming productivity?

Answer 20

By increasing plants’ drought resistance and resistance to pests.

Question 21

What is the effect of industrialization on U.S. agriculture?

Answer 21

A decrease in the number of farms and an increase in the size of the farms.

Question 22

What type of activity is the majority of Southeast Asia’s rice cultivation?

Answer 22

Primary Activity.

Question 23

Which crop is the leading export in terms of tonnage?

Answer 23

Wheat.

Question 24

How have U.S. isolated farmsteads evolved?

Answer 24

They have physical barriers preventing communal farm practices.

Question 25

What is the issue for poorer countries producing cash crops?

Answer 25

They have to stick to one crop.

Question 26

What are examples of luxury crops?

Answer 26

Coffee, cocoa, tobacco.

Question 27

Where is Mediterranean agriculture found?

Answer 27

Mediterranean, California, Chile, South Africa, Australia, and developed countries near the coast.

Question 28

What type of climate is found in Michigan?

Answer 28

Humid cold climate with no dry season and a cool summer.

Question 29

What is the Long-lot Survey System?

Answer 29

It divides land into narrow parcels stretching back from rivers, roads, or canals.

Question 30

What is the Township and Range System?

Answer 30

A grid system that creates 1-square-mile sections.

Question 31

What crop has seen a drop in imports for Mexico?

Answer 31

Corn.

Question 32

What type of commodity is closest to the market town in Von Thunen’s model?

Answer 32

Dairy Farming.

Question 33

When did the Second Agricultural Revolution happen?

Answer 33

It started before and helped support the Industrial Revolution in the 17th and 18th century.

Question 34

What would colonial farmers make subsistence farmers grow?

Answer 34

Cash crops and food crops.

Question 35

What types of population would areas of shifting cultivation have?

Answer 35

People who practice shifting cultivation would live in small villages and grow food in the surrounding lands.

Question 36

What happens to the workforce as a country's economy develops?

Answer 36

Agriculture drops.

Question 37

Where do most scholars believe the first Agricultural Revolution occurred?

Answer 37

South and Southeast Asia for root crops, and Southwest Asia (the Fertile Crescent) for seed crops.

Question 38

What type of plants were likely involved in the earliest plant domestication?

Answer 38

Root Crops such as onion, potato, and shallots.

Question 39

What is an example of a primary economic activity?

Answer 39

Agriculture, ranching, hunting & gathering, fishing, forestry, mining, and quarrying.

Question 40

Where is the highest demand for organic foods?

Answer 40

Australia, South America, and Europe.

Question 41

How has genetic engineering of crops helped farming productivity?

Answer 41

By making crops drought resistant and pest resistant.

Question 42

What region has the Green Revolution NOT helped?

Answer 42

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Question 43

What settlement pattern has the Township and Range system led to?

Answer 43

A dispersed rural settlement pattern.

Question 44

What type of agriculture corresponds with traditional labor-intensive agriculture?

Answer 44

Field terracing.