Agricultural Revolutions
Name a positive effect of the Green Revolution.
Significant drop in global hunger, huge increase in the food supply globally.
What is aquaculture?
Farming/cultivating seafood/fish.
Name one of the two countries that eat the most fish per capita.
Iceland and the Maldives
Why is the Strait of Hormuz so vital?
Oil and natural gas shipping
Name two effects from the 2nd Agricultural Revolution.
Massive increase in food production, huge population boom, significant drop in number of farmers, urbanization.
What does GMO stand for?
Genetically Modified Organism
Define aquaculture.
The cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions.
What major city did the Winter Olympics take place in this year?
Milan (and Cortina) Italy
Name two innovations that came out of the 2nd agricultural revolution.
4 crop rotation, commercial fertilizer, new farming machines (steel plow, seed drill, mechanical reaper, etc.), privatization of farming.
How large is a hectare?
2.47 Acres (the green inside a running track)
Name an agricultural practice that leads to desertification.
Monocropping, pesticide and fertilizer use, slash and burn.
What was the result of the recent Supreme Court ruling?
How did the diets/health of early farmers compare to hunter-gatherers?
They were less healthy, had less varied diets, had shorter lifespans, and were shorter!
What is subsistence agriculture?
Growing food for yourself, your family, and your community.
How can cash crops negatively impact the environment?
You are financially incentivized to grow the same crop year after year - monocropping - this degrades the soil and reduces biodiversity.
Name two paramilitary groups that Iran financially supports.
Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, Islamist groups in Iraq.
How did the Neolithic Revolution affect gender roles?
Corn = patriarchy! (couples had many children to provide labor for the farm, women were then forced into the home to care for children while men became the 'provider')
Describe shifting cultivation.
Cut down and burn a swathe of forest and turn it in to farmland.
Farm it until the soil degrades - repeat the process.
Also known as slash and burn agriculture.
How can organic agriculture negatively impact the environment?
They still use pesticides/herbicides.
It requires more land than conventional agriculture.
What was the scandal that ROCKED the olympics? Be specific.
Canada was accused of 'double-touching' in curling.