AP Human Geography Agriculture (Rubenstein)

How were humans surviving before the agricultural revolution? (Check all that apply)

• Growing crops

• Hunting animals

• Planting seeds

• Raising animals

• Gathering crops

Hunters and gatherers lived in small groups.

• True

• False

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 (;).

There are still hunters and gatherers in the world today.

• True

• False

What are the two types of cultivation (NOT types of agriculture)?  Write the right answers in the correct order separated by a semicolon (;).

Who developed the two types of cultivation? You can either have:

1. First and last name OR
2. The last name only

Which of the following is/are the primary hearths of vegetative planting?  (Check all that apply)

• Central America

• Northwestern South America

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• West Africa

• Europe

• Middle East

• Southwest Asia

• Southeast Asia

• Oceania

• South Asia

• East Asia

• East Africa

What did people in Southeast Asia do before they started practicing vegetative planting?

Which of the following is/are primary hearths of seed agriculture?  (Check all that apply)

• Central America

• Northwestern South America

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• West Africa

• Europe

• Middle East

• Southwest Asia

• Southeast Asia

• Oceania

• South Asia

• East Asia

• East Africa

When was seed agriculture starting to become widely practiced in the Western Hemisphere?

• When agriculture diffused from the hearth in Mexico

• When agriculture diffused from the hearth in South America

• When the Europeans brought agriculture with them from Europe

• When the hearth of seed agriculture rose up in the United States

The primary differences between agriculture practices in the world are between those of what two types of regions/countries?

• Africa and Asia

• Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• Eastern and Western Hemispheres

• Land and oceans

• MDCs and LDCs

What type of agriculture is practiced to produce food for sale off the farm?

• Commercial

• Subsistence

• Seed

• Vegetative Planting

What type of agriculture is practiced to feed the farmer and the farmer's family?

• Commercial

• Subsistence

• Seed

• Vegetative Planting

Farmers in MDCs grow crops and raise animals to sell directly to ____________________.  (Check all that apply)

• Consumers

• Food-processing companies

• Markets

• Stores

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)

Farmers in MDCs use what for power?  (Check all that apply)

• Human

• Animal

• Machinery

• Hand tools

Farmers in LDCs use what for power?  (Check all that apply)

• Human

• Animal

• Machinery

• Hand tools

The connection between farming and food-production jobs (such as processing, packaging, storing, distributing, retailing, tractor manufacturing, fertilizer production, and seed distribution) is called __________________________.

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)

Who made the most widely used map that shows regional distribution of subsistence and commercial agriculture?  (First and last name OR last name only)

How many agricultural regions did Whittlesey identify, excluding the region where agriculture was nonexistent?  (As a number or word)

Whittlesey sorted out agricultural practices based upon ________________, because it determined what kind of crop can be grown and whether or not animals are raised.

In what kind of a region is shifting cultivation practiced?

• Humid Low-Latitude

• Dry

• Warm Mid-Latitude

• Cold Mid-Latitude

• Polar

• Undifferentiated Highlands

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)

Specifically, how do farmers clear the land for shifting cultivation?

• Using machines to cut the trees down

• Mowing the grass

• Cutting the grass

• Slashing the vegetation and burning the debris

What is the land cleared by slash-and-burn agriculture called?

Which of the following is NOT a reason why fields are abandoned in shifting cultivation?

• Infertile soil

• Nutrient depletion

• Water scarcity

• Rapid weed growth

The Kayapo people of the Amazon plant their crops in what shape?

• Rectangle

• Square

• Circle

• Oval

• Triangle

Farmers in MDCs grow (one/many) crop(s) over a wide area.  Farmers in LDCs grow (one/many) crop(s) over a wide area.  (Separate the two terms with a semicolon (;) and a space)

Shifting cultivation occupies about _________% of the world's land area and about __________% of the world's population.  (Both are either numbers or words)  (Separate the two terms with a semicolon (;) and a space)

What is/are the difference(s) between pastoral nomadism and ranching?  (Check all that apply)

• Pastoral nomadism is a form of subsistence agriculture whereas ranching is a form of commercial agriculture.

• Nomads kill their animals on the spot whereas ranchers deliver their animals to the butcher to be killed

• Nomads migrate a longer distance with their livestock than ranchers.

• Ranchers raise livestock but nomads grow crops as well as livestock.

Wet rice is first planted on (dry/wet) land and then transferred to (dry/wet) land to promote growth.  (Separate the two terms with a semicolon (;) and a space)

The process of obtaining two harvests per year from the same field is called ____________________.

What is the most important crop of intensive subsistence farming with wet rice NOT dominant?

The most distinctive characteristic of fixed crop and livestock farming is that it integrates ________________________.

• Different kinds of crops

• Crops and livestock

• Different kinds of livestock

• Crop rotation

75% of all income of mixed crop and livestock farmer is from the sale of _______________________.

• Corn

• Animal products

• Cereal grains

• Fruits and vegetables

In mixed crop and livestock farming, which crop is grown to be sold to people as oil but mostly to be fed to animals?

On dairy farms, what is grown by farmers and sold to the market?  (Check all that apply)

• Milk

• Butter

• Cheese

• Cows

What is the area surrounding a city from which milk can be supplied called?

What grass do grain farmers grow the most?

• Corn

• Oats

• Wheat

• Barley

Which country is the largest commercial producer of grain?

• United States

• Canada

• Australia

• China

• India

What is the present-day machine that reaps, threshes, and cleans in one operation called?

What animal is raised in ranching in the United States?

In which two European countries is ranching common?  (Check two)

• France

• Portugal

• Spain

• Germany

• Russia

Back then, ranching was (over a wide area/in a fixed location).  Now, ranching is (over a wide area/in a fixed location).  (Separate the two terms with a semicolon (;) and a space)

The regions that pratice Mediterranean agriculture have which of the following in common?  (Check al that apply)

• Physical environment

• Crop grown

• Borders a sea

• Most on west coast of continents

• All are located around the Mediterranean Sea

What are the two most important cash crops grown in regions that practice Mediterranean agriculture?  (Separate the two terms with a semicolon (;) and a space)

Commercial gardening and fruit farming, also known as truck farming, produce what crops for consumers?  (Check all that apply)

• Cereal Grains

• Fruits

• Vegetables

• Flowers

• Rice