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von Thunen
Agricultural Revolutions
Challenges and Consequences of Agriculture
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Name the 3 types of rural land settlment patters

clustered, dispersed, linear

100
Intensive agriculture typically uses ______ land than extensive agriculture.
Less
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Why is von Thunen's Model not always correct?
Not all land is perfectly flat. There may be more than one market. Land can be interrupted by water or other natural forces.
100
What event did the Second Agricultural Revolution coincide with?
The Industrial Revolution
100

What challenge of agriculture does the quote below describe?

"limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways.”

food insecurity

200

What is the Bid-Rent Theory?

The price of land goes up as you get closer to the market/city center.

200
Intensive agriculture typically uses a _______ amount of inputs than extensive agriculture.
Larger.
200
What is the main reason that are ranching and livestock so far from the market/city center?
They take up more land; land is less expensive further from the city center.
200
What was the First Agricultural Revolution?
Hunting and Gathering --> Farming (Neolithic Revolution)
200

What is the main characteristic of organic farming?

No or limited use of chemicals/GMOs

300

What climate are cash crops (cotton, coffee, sugar, etc.) are typically grown in AND what type of agriculture?

Tropical climate and plantation agriculture

300

What is an "economy of scale" and how has it impacted small family farms?

cost advantages because of an increased level of production. larger farms are able to create an economy of scale and have taken over smaller farms.

300
Why are all animals not kept together? (Why are dairy cows and beef cows not kept in the same location?)
Dairy is much more perishable that meat. (It needs to get to the market sooner.)
300
What is a GMO?
Genetically Modified Organism
300
Women are most employed in the agricultural sector in what type of country?

LDCs

400

What is the main purpose of crop rotation?

Keep the fields fertile.

400
Farms being integrated into a large food production industry is known as...
Agribusiness.
400

What are the two types of agriculture closest to the market? (in the first ring) Why are they there?

Market Gardening and Dairy Farming. They are the most perishable.

400

What is another name for the Third Agricultural Revolution? What is one positive outcome of it?

The Green Revolution. It modified the type of food- introduced chemical fertilizer. Increased yield.

400

Give two factors that could hinder the distribution of food/feeding the global population?

lack of infrastructure, bad weather, food deserts, food insecurity, loss of land to suburbinization

500

Commercial agriculture differs from subsistence agriculture because commercial agriculture...

Uses more fertilizer. Usually sells to food processing companies. Have larger farms. More concerned with profit.

500

Name two global crop hearths.

Southwest Asia/Fertile Crescent. East Asia. Southeast Asia. Sub-Saharan Africa. Latin America.

500
Draw von Thunen's Model. Include all necessary parts.
Dairy Market Gardening (Fruits and Vegetables) Forrest Grains Ranching
500

What is one major complaint about the Green Revolution?

Chemical Fertilizer is poisoning groundwater. Kills biodiversity. Harms environment. Increases erosion.

500

Give two specific examples of how land is altered because of agriculture

deforestation, soil salinization, erosion, terrace farming, draining wetlands, pollution, slash and burn, shifting cultivation

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