agricultural revolutions
What was the first agricultural revolution?
1st Agricultural revolution
What type of farming is wet rice farming?
Intensive farming (High Labor, High Yield)
United States: LDC or MDC?
MDC
What is a subsidy?
A government payment.
Where does corn grow in the US?
Mid-west
Why is the industrial revolution important to the second agricultural revolution?
The advancements in technology allowed for the progression of agriculture.
What is the most widely grown crop in the US?
Corn
Morocco MDC or LDC?
LDC
Why did the U.S government give cutback subsidies to farmers in the past?
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 paid farmers to reduce production to raise crop prices and farmer incomes.
Were is Nomadism mostly practiced?
Northern Asia, Sahara
What is the green revolution?
MDC bringing more advanced agricultural practices to LDCs for the purpose of furthering their development
Why was agriculture so important?
People could settle down instead of hunting for food
Why does Africa have such a high concentration of LDC's?
Corruption, being taken advantage of by MDC's, political instability
Why do we pay farmers to grow corn now?
Create financial safety net for food service industry, ensure food supply
What crops grow in tropical zones?
Cacao, eggplant, pineapples, bananas and coffeebeans
What revolution led to higher life expediencies and advancements in medicine?
The 2nd Agricultural Revolution
What countries in Asia use extensive farming a lot?
Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Northern China, Siberia-Russia
Why do LDC's tend to stay LDC's?
MDC tend to exercise economic and political control (neocolonialism) over LDCs, and do things that stunt their development
What president gave farmers the subsidy program that we follow today?
FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
What is grown in a Mediterranean Agricultural zone?
What was the least explosive agricultural revolution?
The 1st Agricultural Revolution
Were did agriculture start?
The Fertile Crescent in Mesopotamia
What makes norway an MDC?
High employment, high education rates and high live expectancy
What year did we begin paying farmers to grow corn?
1933
What two places contain Mediterranean agriculture?
The Mediterranean Sea
California