Unit 5 FRQ set 4 (2023)

Question 1

Describe the concept of an early hearth of domestication

Answer 1

A location where a particular type of plant or animal was first domesticated.

Question 2

Identify the crop listed in the table that has diffused the least from its hearth of domestication to the countries listed in the table.

Answer 2

Yams diffused the least.

Question 3

Explain how food preferences can be a culture trait.

Answer 3

Many foods contain an ingredient or crop that is local to the region inhabited by a culture group

Question 4

Explain how the Columbian Exchange contributed to a crop’s diffusion beyond its hearth of domestication

Answer 4

The Columbian Exchange was a process by which crops moved from one part of the world to another part of the world because of changing food preferences, cultural assimilation, and/or changing agricultural practices.

Question 5

Explain how the data in the table support the concept of a crop’s consumption pattern being the result of globalization.

Answer 5

The high consumption of corn, potatoes, rice, and/or cassava in locations far from the hearth (e.g., rice consumed outside of China) supports the idea of this crop being
a globalized crop

Question 6

Explain why a crop may be farmed intensively in a less developed country and be farmed extensively in a more developed country.

Answer 6

Many farms in less developed countries use available local resources to feed families or local communities, whereas farms in more developed countries take
advantage of economies of scale to produce for large populations.

Question 7

Explain ONE way the global supply chain links crops such as those listed in the table to consumers in other countries.

Answer 7

Crops are transported internationally to consumers, with one of the following steps: storing, processing, packaging, wholesaling, and/or retailing.