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1
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the primary purpose of commercial agriculture

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to make a profit

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2
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percentage of labor force engaged in agriculture in the US, MDCs, LDCs and india

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us - 2%
MDCs - 2-5%
LDCs - 50%
India - 52%

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3
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what is subsistence agriculture and where does it exist

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agriculture designed to provide food for direct consumption by the farmer and his family
exist in developing countries (asia)

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4
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what was the first agricultural revolution

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neolithic revolution

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5
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what was the green revolution

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the rapid diffusion of more productive agricultural techniques in the 1970s and 1980s

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6
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how did the enclosure movement in england alter agriculture practices in england

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forced small farmers to give up farmland
forced migration to cities
farmers became tenants

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7
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what invention dramatically changed the geography of cattle ranching and why

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barbed wire

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what is a CAFO

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concentrated animal feeding operation

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9
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what are the issues surrounding sustainable agriculture in the united states and throughout the world

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loss of farmland to urbanization

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10
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the most practiced economic activity in the world

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intensive subsistence agriculture

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11
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what type of diffusion is most closely related with the Columbia Exchange

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relocation diffusion

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12
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subsistence agriculture dominates in

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less developed countries

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13
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growing only enough food to feed your family is an example of

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subsistence agriculture

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14
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the invention of agriculture

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the process was gradual

there were multiple hearths throughout the world

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according to carl sauer, what best characterized the invention of plant domestication

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the process was gradual
a number of hearths were established
hearths developed in areas with high biodiversity

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16
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according to carl sauer why did vegetative planting first start in southeast asia?

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the regions high biodiversity allowed people to become more sedentary, which naturally led to experimentation to plants

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17
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all of the following were vegetative planting hearths except

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southwest asia

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18
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what area of the world first incorporated the domestication of both plants and animals

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southwest asia

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19
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what combination of animals were domesticated in southwest asia

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sheep and goat

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20
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which pairing of animals and region is not correct

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cattle - south asia

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21
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which famous cultural geographer theorized that the invention of agriculture took place in multiple hearts

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carl sauer

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22
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____ did not contain and agricultural hearth

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Europe

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23
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agriculture first diffused to europe from ___

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southwest asia

24
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europeans evolved from farming a single field in early medieval times to rotating crops into how many different sections or field by the 18th century

25
what conclusion can one make regarding the connection between the second agricultural revolution and the industrial revolution
advancements in agricultural production helped feed the expanding population technological advancements helped increase agricultural production
26
the second agricultural revolution coincided with ___
the industrial revolution
27
the enclosure movement altered the geography and agricultural practices of england by
consolidating oddly shaped fields | encouraging the use of more farm machinery
28
Koppen climatic classification system
there is a direct relationship between the patterns on both maps
29
which statement regarding agricultural regions with respect to Whitttlessey's Agricultural Regions map is no longer applicable
plantation agriculture doesn't exist in north america anymore
30
shifting cultivation is still practiced in ___
south america
31
shifting cultivation is a threatened form of agriculture because of ___
competition for resources from mining and logging companies | population increase
32
why do societies practicing shifting cultivation only farm the same plot of land for one to two years
tropical soils a poor in nutrients
33
all of the following are characteristics of shifting cultivation except ___
primogentric land ownership dominates shifting cultivation societies
34
swidden agriculture refers to ___
clearing land to farm using slash and burn techniques | only farming cleared land for one to two years
35
the process by which people engaged in shifting cultivation plant crops of varying heights in order to protect lower crops is called ___
intertillage
36
pastoral nomadism is still a dominant way of life in ___
central asia
37
pastoral nomadism predominates in ___
semi-arid deserts | deserts
38
all of the following are characteristics of pastoral nomads except ___
they only consume animal products and animal by products
39
herders who seasonally move their animals mountain pastures and lowland valleys practice ___
transhumance
40
pastoral nomads do not typical herd ___
cattle
41
livestock ranching and pastoral nomadism both
exist in environments too harsh for crop production
42
pastoral nomads potentially contribute to desertification by
overgrazing
43
what agricultural technique allows subsistence farmers to support a large population with a small amount of arable land
double cropping
44
another term for pastoral nomadism is
extensive subsistence agriculture | nomadic herding
45
an example of extensive subsistence agriculture
slash and burn | nomadic herding
46
extensive subsistence agriculture predominates in ___
semi-arid deserts
47
the agricultural practice most commonly associated with intensive subsistence agriculture is
paddy rice farming
48
technology essential for intensive subsistence agriculture
irrigation
49
explain why a piece of land is used intensively or extensively
distance to the market
50
what is not an example of intensive commercial agriculture
paddy rice farming
51
not an environmental impact on commercial farming
contribution to the urban heat island effect
52
not a major dairy producing area
southeast united states
53
most cereal grains in the US are ___
fed to livestock
54
most widely produced grains in the world
wheat rice maize
55
the country that produces the most maize in the world
United States

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