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Unit  3  Study  Guide    Hunting  and  gathering    Hearths  of  domestication  (plants  and  animals)    First  (Neolithic)  Agricultural  Revolution    Fertile  Crescent    Columbian  Exchange    Second  Agricultural  Revolution    Intensive  vs.  Extensive    Subsistence  vs.  Commercial    Extensive  subsistence  agriculture  (e.g.,  pastoral  nomadism  and  shifting  cultivation)    Intensive  subsistence  agriculture  (e.g.,  rice,  wheat)    Double  Cropping  vs.  Crop  Rotation    Pastoral  nomadism    Transhumance    Shifting  cultivation  +  slash-­‐and-­‐burn    Mixed  crop  and  livestock    Dairy  farming    Milkshed    

Grain  farming    Winter  wheat    Mediterranean  agriculture    Livestock  ranching    Specialty  crops  (fruit,  veggies)    Plantation  agriculture    Commercial  (market)  gardening    Agribusiness    Von  Thunen’s  Model  (old  and  new)    Green  Revolution  (positives  and  negatives)    Genetically  modified  organisms  (GMOs)    Organic  farming    Fair  trade    Aquaculture    Sustainability  in  agriculture    Deforestation,  desertification,  soil  degradation    Reduction  in  biodiversity    River  and  aquifer  depletion  

         

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Free  Response  Questions                      Choose  2  of  the  3  questions  below.  You  will  not  be  allowed  to  use  an  outline  this  time.        

1. Use the map of cattle production below to answer the following questions.

A. Using two examples, explain how climate affects the distribution of cattle around the world. B. Explain von Thunen’s model of agriculture in relation to cattle production. Consider how

commercial agriculture influences the model today.

C. What would explain the lack of cattle production in certain areas of the world? Give two examples.

2. The Green Revolution took place from 1945 to 1985.

A. Explain the principle practices/technologies associated with the green revolution. Name TWO regions, in different parts of the world, where the green revolution has had a significant impact on crop yields.

B. Identify and discuss TWO social, political, or cultural conditions necessary for the success of the agricultural practices/technologies of the green revolution.

C. Identify and discuss TWO significant economic or ecological factors that may limit the long-

term success of the agricultural practices/technologies of the green revolution.

3. The map below shows areas of shifting cultivation, a form of subsistence agriculture.

A. Define subsistence agriculture.

B. Describe the practice of shifting cultivation.

C. Explain one reason why shifting cultivation was sustainable in the past.

D. Explain two reasons why shifting cultivation is expected to diminish during the twenty-first century.

         

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2. The map above shows areas of shifting cultivation, a form of subsistence agriculture.

A. Define subsistence agriculture.

B. Describe the practice of shifting cultivation.

C. Explain one reason why shifting cultivation was sustainable in the past.

D. Explain two reasons why shifting cultivation is expected to diminish during the twenty-first century.