Unit 4
This is a line that marks the limits of a state’s territory.
What is a boundary?
A politically organized area with a permanent population, defined territory, and government.
What is a state?
Growing crops and raising livestock for family use, not sale.
What is subsistence agriculture?
Farming intended for sale, not direct consumption.
What is commercial agriculture?
What’s the first thing you should do when reading an FRQ?
What is underline or highlight task verbs and key terms and draft ideas?
A boundary drawn using latitude and longitude rather than physical features.
What is a geometric boundary?
An organization made up of three or more states to promote shared objectives.
What is a supranational organization?
Seasonal movement of herders with their livestock.
What is pastoral nomadism?
Increased agricultural productivity due to mechanization and crop rotation.
What is the Second Agricultural Revolution?
Why should you restate the question in your answer?
What is it helps structure your response and stay on topic?
A boundary created before a large population was present.
What is an antecedent boundary?
This European organization promotes political and economic integration.
What is the European Union?
High-yield seeds, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides define this revolution.
What is the green revolution?
Name what happens in the agricultural rings of the Von Thunen Model:
What is Market, dairy farming/market gardening, forests, grains, ranching and livestock?
What should you always avoid in your FRQ response?
What is vague, off-topic, or opinion-based answers?
A boundary drawn by outside powers, often ignoring cultural and ethnic divisions.
What is a superimposed boundary?
A military alliance formed after WWII to prevent Soviet aggression.
What is NATO?
What two factors affect placement of crops in the Von Thünen model?
What are land cost and transportation cost?
Why doesn’t the Von Thünen model always match real-world land use today?
What is modern transportation and refrigeration change location decisions?
Do you need an introduction or conclusion in your FRQ?
What is no, just directly answer each part?
An area that is politically controlled by a distant, foreign power.
What is a colony?
The process of redrawing legislative boundaries to benefit a political party.
What is Gerrymandering?
What is the difference between intensive and extensive agriculture?
What is extensive uses small amounts of labor on a large area of land while intensive uses a lot of labor on a small area of land?
What is the difference between a commodity chain and agribusiness?
What is a commodity chain focuses on the steps a product takes to reach a consumer while an agribusiness is a business company controlling all the steps a product takes to get to the consumer?
Commodity Chain Ex. Banana- Farm in Ecuador --> Shipped to U.S.--> Packaged --> Sold at Walmart --> Bought by you.
Agribusiness: Tyson food controls everything from raising chickens to processing, packaging, and selling them.
Mrs. B says even if you don’t know the vocabulary word you should still try because you have _________?
What is common sense/world knowledge?