Settlement Patterns
What rural settlement pattern has homes spread far apart from one another?
A) Clustered B) Dispersed C) Linear
B) Dispersed
The First Agricultural Revolution began with the domestication of what?
A) Fish B) Plants and animals C) Tools
B) Plants and animals
The Second Agricultural Revolution occurred alongside what major historical period?
A) Neolithic Age B) Industrial Revolution C) Enlightenment
B) Industrial Revolution
The Green Revolution introduced high-yield varieties of what?
A) Livestock B) Seeds C) Machines
B) Seeds
What type of agriculture is practiced mainly to feed a farmer’s family?
A) Commercial farming B) Subsistence farming C) Plantation agriculture
B) Subsistence Farming
What pattern forms when homes are arranged in a line along a road or river?
A) Linear B) Clustered C) Dispersed
A.) Linear
The Fertile Crescent is known as an early hearth for what major grain crop?
A) Wheat B) Corn C) Rice
A) Wheat
What invention made planting seeds faster and more efficient?
A) Cotton Gin B) Steel Plow C) Seed Drill
C) Seed Dril
What type of farming input increased due to the Green Revolution?
A) Terraces B) Fertilizers C) Compost
B) Fertilizers
What type of commercial farming is found mostly in warm, tropical climates?
A) Dairy farming B) Plantation agriculture C) Mixed crop/livestock
B) Plantation Agriculture
What land survey system divides land into rectangular plots on a grid?
A) Township and Range B) Long-lot C) Metes and Bounds
A.) Township and Range
The exchange of crops and livestock between the Old and New Worlds after 1492 is called what?
A) Silk Road Trade B) Columbian Exchange C) Agricultural Revolution
What farming change during this revolution led to higher crop yields and fewer workers?
A) Crop Failure B) Mechanization C) Slash-and-burn
B) Mechanization
The Green Revolution began in the 20th century in which country?
A) India B) Mexico C) United States
B) Mexico
What is the dominant type of agriculture in the Mediterranean region?
A) Grain farming B) Horticulture C) Pastoral nomadism
B) Horticulture
Which land survey system uses long narrow plots extending from rivers or roads?
A) Metes and Bounds B) Long-lot C) Township and Range
B.) Long-lot
Bananas diffused to Central America from what world region?
A) Southeast Asia B) West Africa C) Mediterranean Europe
A) Southeast Asia
The Enclosure Movement in England consolidated farmland, leading to what major effect?
A) Urban migration B) Soil erosion C) Crop diversification
A) Urban Migration
One negative environmental effect of the Green Revolution is what?
A) Overpopulation B) Soil degradation C) Improved nutrition
B) Soil Degradation
In Von Thünen’s model, what type of farming occurs farthest from the market?
A) Dairy B) Ranching C) Vegetables
B) Ranching
Which colonial survey system relied on natural features to define irregular property lines?
A) Metes and Bounds B) Long-lot C) Grid System
A) Metes and Bounds
The global spread of industrial farming practices and technologies is an example of what type of diffusion?
A) Contagious B) Relocation C) Stimulus
B) Relocation
Increased agricultural efficiency during this period helped support what global trend?
A) Population growth B) Food scarcity C) Deforestation
A) Population Growth
Farmers in less developed countries often struggled with what economic issue related to the Green Revolution?
A) Debt B) Overemployment C) Low fertilizer demand
A) Debt
What type of agriculture is common in dry regions like North Africa or Central Asia?
A) Shifting cultivation B) Pastoral nomadism C) Rice farming
B) Pastoral Nomadism