key issue 1

Question 1

agriculture

Answer 1

modification of earth’s surface through cultivation of plants and rearing animals to obtain economic grain

Question 2

what does crop mean?

Answer 2

cultivate - “to care for”

Question 3

crop

Answer 3

only plants cultivated by people

Question 4

agricultural revolution

Answer 4

the time when humans first domesticated plants & animals and didn’t have to rely on hunting and gathering

Question 5

what year did the ag rev occur?

Answer 5

around 8,000 B.C.

Question 6

How did the ag rev impact human populations?

Answer 6

grew plants & raised animals. humans created larger and more stable source of food so ppl could survive.

Question 7

Environmental factors involved in the ag rev :

Answer 7

1st domestication of crops & animals coincided w climate change. marked the end of the last ice age, when permanent ice cover receded from earth’s mid-latitudes to the polar regions, resulting in massive redistribution of humans, animals, and plants.

Question 8

cultural factors in the ag rev :

Answer 8

preference for living in a fixed place rather than as nomads may have led hunters and gatherers to build settlements & store surplus vegetation there. ppl learned how to cut plants and drop fruit. they also learned to pour water over the sites. plant cultivation evolved from a combination of accident and deliberate.

Question 9

crops domesticated in southwest asia :

Answer 9

barley/wheat/lentil/olive

Question 10

first animal ever domesticated :

Answer 10

goats

Question 11

animals domesticated in southwest asia

Answer 11

cattle, goats, pigs, and sheep

Question 12

hearth of rice

Answer 12

east asia

Question 13

animals domesticated in central and south asia :

Answer 13

chickens and horses

Question 14

2 crops domesticated in sub-saharan africa over 9,000 yrs ago :

Answer 14

sorghum and yams

Question 15

most important crop domesticated in america

Answer 15

corn

Question 16

subsistence agriculture

Answer 16

the production of food primarily for consumption by the farmers family

Question 17

commercial agriculture

Answer 17

the production of food primarily for sale off the farm

Question 18

compare the percentage of farmers between developed and developing countries :

Answer 18

around 3% of farmers in developed countries compared to 42% in developing countries. in developing c’s ppl are subsistence farmers who work to produce food for their family. in developed c’s few ppl are engaged in commercial farming, most ppl buy food.