Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password

Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

APHG Agriculture #2 Test

Enter the letter for the matching Definition
incorrect
1.
Resource Terminology
incorrect
2.
Food Production Vs. Agriculture
incorrect
3.
Von Thünen Model Assumptions
incorrect
4.
Primary Economic Activities Besides Agriculture
incorrect
5.
Globalization of Agriculture
incorrect
6.
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
incorrect
7.
Environmental Implications of Agriculture
incorrect
8.
Urban Sprawl and Agriculture
incorrect
9.
Agricultural Production in the United States
incorrect
10.
Transportation and Agriculture
A.
the industrial revolution: the access to trains and steamboats that allows farmers to ship their products farther at a lower cost and has a large role in determining which areas of the goose transitioned into commercial agriculture economies
B.
higher demand agriculture near the center of urban sprawl
C.
the use of pesticides could harm humans, the amount of space it takes up,
D.
the decrease in resources
E.
higher demand in the center lesser demand further from urban centers
F.
mostly agribusiness and commercial farms instead of local/smaller scaled farms
G.
the diffusion of agriculture across the globe
H.
food processing, packaging, storing, distributing, and retailing
I.
organisms that have had their genes altered in a laboratory for specific purposes, such as disease resistance, increased productivity, or nutritional value allowing growers greater control, predictability, and efficiency
J.
food production includes GMOs which encompasses Agriculture but at another more artificial level, primarily apart of agribusiness and more the purpose of mass selling
Type the Term that corresponds to the displayed Definition.
incorrect
11.
any technique used to modify living organisms in such a way that they improve plans and animal species and, in turn, plants and animal production/ to make or modify plants and animals or to develop other microorganisms for specific purposes
incorrect
12.
the use of crop rotation, natural fertilizers (manure), and biological pest control-as opposed to artificial fertilizers, pesticides, hormones, antibiotics, additives and GMOs- to promote healthy, vigorous crops
incorrect
13.
specialized crops not typically essential to human survival
incorrect
14.
the cultivation of aquatic organisms (as fish or shellfish) especially for food
incorrect
15.
the explanation that the agricultural products that use the land intensively, have high transportation costs, and were in great demand, would be located close to urban markets, and vice versa with products in lower demand and require more extensive use
incorrect
16.
The set of economic and political relationships that organize food production for commercial purposes. It includes activities ranging from seed production, to retailing, to consumption of agricultural products.
incorrect
17.
the art, science, and practice of studing and managing forests and plantations and related natural resources
incorrect
18.
places where there is a concentrated raising of livestock in a small geographic space where they are fed hormones and other fattening grains to prepare them for slaughter at a much more rapid pace and in a much smaller space/ ex: factory farms
incorrect
19.
the activity of catching fish, either for food or as a sport, apart of the hunting and gathering method of survival
incorrect
20.
intensively produced crops are located in urban centers and earn more money

edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: 10034098
Popular AP Human Geography sets