Unit 5: Agriculture

Industrial/modern commercial agriculture refers to

• large scale agriculture using machines to produce large amounts of crops for sale

• large scale agriculture using machines to produce small crops for individual families

• small scale, intensive agriculture

• small scale, extensive agriculture

A positive impact of industrial/commercial agriculture is

• a decrease in amount of crops produced

• an increase in amount of crops produced

• increased water and air pollution

• decrease in the amount of machinery used

A negative impact of industrial/commercial agriculture is

• a decrease in amount of crops produced

• an increase in amount of crops produced

• increased water and air pollution

• decrease in the amount of machinery used

Which words correctly complete the following trend: "In the US the size of farms has ______ while the number of farmers has _______."

• increased; increased

• decreased; decreased

• increased; decreased

• decreased; increased

Extensive agriculture involves

• lots of land and labor

• little land and labor

• lots of land; less labor

• lots of labor; less land

Intensive agriculture involves

• lots of land and labor

• little land and labor

• lots of land; less labor

• lots of labor; less land

Review: scale of analysis refers to

• the scale used to look at a trend (local, national, global, etc)

• the distance on earth compared to distance on maps

• the way crops are weighed

• method of counting representatives

All of the following developments have INCREASED amount of crops produced in the last 100 years EXCEPT

• mechanization or new machines

• new technology (GMOs, chemical pesticides and fertilizers)

• the Green Revolution

• an increase in the number of farmers in the world

The First Agricultural Revolution refers to

• the invention of agriculture

• the application of new machines and industrialization to agriculture

• the application of science and new chemicals to agriculture (GMOs, fertilizers, pesticides)

• the diffusion of agriculture after the Spanish made contact with the Americas

The Second Agricultural Revolution refers to

• the invention of agriculture

• the application of new machines and industrialization to agriculture

• the application of science and new chemicals to agriculture (GMOs, fertilizers, pesticides)

• the diffusion of agriculture after the Spanish made contact with the Americas