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chapter 11 retake
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is important in bio-technology? | biofuel |
| organic food is produced in _____ areas | all |
| Demand for organic foods is greatest in _____ | core regions |
| ______ is not an example of primary economic activity | production of high fructose corn syrup |
| the fact that only about 3% of canada's labor force works in the agricultural sector indicates that canada's agricultural sector is likely ______ intensive | machine |
| hunter-gatherers living in the vicinity of the Pacific ocean specialized in ______ | salmon fishing |
| according to carl saber, the earliest plant domestication | probably involved planting root crops. |
| Most scholars believe that seed cultivation (First Agricultural Revolution) occurred in _____ | the Fertile Crescent. |
| Often crops are associated with regions other than the one in which they were developed. For example, the "Irish" or "Idaho" potato originated in the Andean Highlands. Corn of the American "Corn Belt" originated in _____ | Central America. |
| Goats were domesticated 10,000 years ago in the Zagros Mountain region of _____ | the Fertile Crescent. |
| A form of tropical subsistence agriculture in which fields are rotated after short periods of crop production is _____ | shifting cultivation. |
| In areas of shifting cultivation the population _____ | cannot have a high density. |
| Before the intervention of europeans, the societies practicing subsistence farming were quite equal because | land was held in communal ownership |
| The Second Agricultural Revolution can generally be traced to Europe within what time frame? | seventeenth and eighteenth century |
| In von Thunen's model there was a concentric circle of forest around the city because _____ | it would provide lumber and firewood. |
| Geographer Lee Liu studying the spatial patterns of agriculture in parts of China, found soils in intensively used fields near villages were _____ | fertile and productive. |
| Which commodity would be found closest to the market town in von Thunen's model? | milk |
| By 1992, the most widely grown crop variety on Earth was a product of the Green Revolution called IR36, which was a variety of _____ | rice |
| In the 1940s, American philanthropists funded research on this crop. By 1960, Mexico no longer depended on imports as production had risen dramatically. | corn (maize). |
| the land division scheme common in the eastern US which used natural features to demarcate irregularly shaped parcels of land is called | metes and bounds system |
| The basic unit of the township-and-range system, the section, has an area of _____ | 1 square mile. |
| The form of villages still existing in many rural landscapes that are reminders of a turbulent past is _____ | walled |
| Examples of luxury crops include: _____ | coffee and tobacco |
| In villages everywhere, social stratification is reflected by _____ | the range and quality of village houses. |
| The functional differentiation of buildings in farm villages world-wide is greatest in _____ | Western cultures. |
| Twenty-five percent of world sugar production takes place outside of the tropical plantation region (U.S.A., Western Europe, Russia) and is produced from | sugar beets. |
| offee was domesticated in Ethiopia. Today, 70% of production is in _____ | Middle and South America. |
| ________ of retail price in coffee foes to coffee growers | 40% |
| agricultural activity widespread in the south western US + central asia | livestock ranching |
| the form of agriculture that refers to a particular climate is | mediterranean |
| border between mexico and US | rio grande river |
| country not in central america | dominican republic |
| farthest west | bering sea |
| T/F green revolution matches modern definition of green | false |
| T/F hunters+gatherers live in permanent settlement | false |
| T/F Agriculture started in 1 location and then diffused all over the world | false |
| T/F animals were domesticated in different regions of the world at different times | true |
| T/F Most US farmers are subsistence farmers | false |
| T/F Restriction of subsistence farming communities can cause a breakdown in the culture of the people | true |
| T/F IR8 rice was an early result of the 3rd Agricultural Revolution | true |
| T/F Because of green revolution, today most famine results from political instability or natural climatic events | true |
| T/F Even after the end of colonialism, many plantations in the word are still owned by europeans or americans | true |
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