Agricultural Practices
First & Second Ag Revolutions
Von Thunen
Agricultural Production
Review
100
Livestock ranching is often considered as ______ farming, while growing fruits and vegetables (horticulture) is ______ farming.
extensive, intensive
100
Rural-to-urban migration occurred during the _______ Agricultural Revolution in conjunction with the ________ _______.
Second, Industrial Revolution
100
In Von Thunen's model, what type of agricultural activity is located closest to the market?
Dairy Farming
100
The primary goal of _________ farming is to feed one's self and family, while the primary goal of _______ farming is to make a profit.
subsistence, commercial
100
The township and range land survey system in the United States contributed to which of the patterns, a dispersed rural settlement pattern, clustered rural settlement pattern, or a long lot pattern?
A dispersed rural settlement pattern
200
Which type of farming takes up the largest area of the world’s land because it requires so much space?
Pastoral Nomadism
200
What was first introduced in the Neolithic agricultural revolution?
The domestication of plants and animals
200
What is a flaw of the Von Thunen model?
It assumes that all land is flat
200
What type of extensive commercial agriculture is characterized by large-scale production of a single crop, such as wheat or corn, to maximize efficiency?
Grain farming
200
What does this label mean?
The product is genetically modified
300
What type of agriculture is common in warm regions like parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia?
Mediterranean agriculture
300
What region is considered the primary hearth of the 1st Agricultural Revolution?
Fertile Crescent
300
According to the model, as the distance from the market increases, what happens to the cost of land?
It increases
300
This is the main reason commercial farmers in developing countries often switch from subsistence to cash crops.
To increase income
300
Where was wheat most probably domesticated earliest?
Southeastern Turkey
400
Because it needs a lot of water, paddy rice farming is usually found in what region?
Southeast/East Asia
400
What agricultural practice, which involves the use of specialized chemicals, increased dramatically during the Green Revolution?
Fertilizers/Pesticides
400
What two factors determine the location of agricultural activity around a market?
Transportation costs and land rent
400
What type of intensive commercial farming, often found in tropical regions, is specialized for exporting products like coffee, tea, or rubber?
Plantation farming
400
What was the most recent technological innovation in less developed countries during the Green Revolution?
Fertilizers and pesticides
500
Knowing that livestock ranching mainly raises animals over large areas, what type of farming combines both growing crops and raising animals on the same farm?
Mixed Crop & Livestock
500
What invention by Jethro Tull allowed seeds to be planted in uniform rows and at specific depths, increasing efficiency?
Seed drill
500
Which economic theory states that the most accessible land is the most expensive?
The bid-rent theory
500
What type of extensive commercial farming involves raising livestock over large land area, common in the American West, Argentina, and Southern Brazil?
Livestock ranching
500
Von Thunen used the ______ theory to create a model of the pattern for the types of products that farmers would produce at different positions relative to the market where they sold their goods.
bid-rent