AP Human Geography Agriculture (Rubenstein)
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This test is from An Introduction to Human Geography (9th edition) by James M. Rubenstein. This is about the agriculture chapter of the textbook. NOTE: All textbooks concerning human geography or are related to the course or used for the course of Human Geography are compatible with this textbook by Rubenstein. WARNING: If you are not taking AP Human Geography, then I would advise you not to take this test because you may not be familiar with many terms or patterns.
- 1.What does "cultivate" mean?
- A.
To grow
- B.
To care for
- C.
To make money
- D.
To harvest
- E.
To raise animals
- 2.How were humans surviving before the agricultural revolution? (Check all that apply)
- A.
Growing crops
- B.
Hunting animals
- C.
Planting seeds
- D.
Raising animals
- E.
Gathering crops
- 3.Hunters and gatherers lived in small groups.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.The __________ hunted game or fished and the ______________ collected berries, nuts, and roots. (Options- men, women) Write the right answers in the correct order separated by a semicolon (;).
- 5.There are still hunters and gatherers in the world today.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.What are the two types of cultivation (NOT types of agriculture)? Write the right answers in the correct order separated by a semicolon (;).
- 7.Who developed the two types of cultivation? You can either have:
- First and last name OR
- The last name only
- 8.Which of the following is/are the primary hearths of vegetative planting? (Check all that apply)
- A.
Central America
- B.
Northwestern South America
- C.
Sub-Saharan Africa
- D.
West Africa
- E.
Europe
- F.
Middle East
- G.
Southwest Asia
- H.
Southeast Asia
- I.
Oceania
- J.
South Asia
- K.
East Asia
- L.
East Africa
- 9.What did people in Southeast Asia do before they started practicing vegetative planting?
- 10.Which of the following is/are primary hearths of seed agriculture? (Check all that apply)
- A.
Central America
- B.
Northwestern South America
- C.
Sub-Saharan Africa
- D.
West Africa
- E.
Europe
- F.
Middle East
- G.
Southwest Asia
- H.
Southeast Asia
- I.
Oceania
- J.
South Asia
- K.
East Asia
- L.
East Africa
- 11.When was seed agriculture starting to become widely practiced in the Western Hemisphere?
- A.
When agriculture diffused from the hearth in Mexico
- B.
When agriculture diffused from the hearth in South America
- C.
When the Europeans brought agriculture with them from Europe
- D.
When the hearth of seed agriculture rose up in the United States
- 12.The primary differences between agriculture practices in the world are between those of what two types of regions/countries?
- A.
Africa and Asia
- B.
Northern and Southern Hemispheres
- C.
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
- D.
Land and oceans
- E.
MDCs and LDCs
- 13.What type of agriculture is practiced to produce food for sale off the farm?
- A.
Commercial
- B.
Subsistence
- C.
Seed
- D.
Vegetative Planting
- 14.What type of agriculture is practiced to feed the farmer and the farmer's family?
- A.
Commercial
- B.
Subsistence
- C.
Seed
- D.
Vegetative Planting
- 15.Farmers in MDCs grow crops and raise animals to sell directly to ____________________. (Check all that apply)
- A.
Consumers
- B.
Food-processing companies
- C.
Markets
- D.
Stores
- 16.There are ____________ percentages of the populations in MDCs that work directly with farming and _____________ percentages of the population of LDCs that work directly with farming. (Place a semicolon (;) and a space between the two terms) (Options-high/low)
- 17.Farmers in MDCs use what for power? (Check all that apply)
- A.
Human
- B.
Animal
- C.
Machinery
- D.
Hand tools
- 18.Farmers in LDCs use what for power? (Check all that apply)
- A.
Human
- B.
Animal
- C.
Machinery
- D.
Hand tools
- 19.The connection between farming and food-production jobs (such as processing, packaging, storing, distributing, retailing, tractor manufacturing, fertilizer production, and seed distribution) is called __________________________.
- 20.Only 2 percent of the United States' population works directly in the farming business, but around _______% of the population works with agribusiness. (As a number or word)
- 21.Who made the most widely used map that shows regional distribution of subsistence and commercial agriculture? (First and last name OR last name only)
- 22.How many agricultural regions did Whittlesey identify, excluding the region where agriculture was nonexistent? (As a number or word)
- 23.Whittlesey sorted out agricultural practices based upon ________________, because it determined what kind of crop can be grown and whether or not animals are raised.
- 24.In what kind of a region is shifting cultivation practiced?
- A.
Humid Low-Latitude
- B.
Dry
- C.
Warm Mid-Latitude
- D.
Cold Mid-Latitude
- E.
Polar
- F.
Undifferentiated Highlands
- 25.A region with a humid low-latitude climate would have (high/low) temperatures with (abundant/scarce) rainfall. (Separate the two terms with a semicolon (;) and a space)
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