AMSCO 9.1

What promoted the widespread movement of people and goods in the later part of the 20th century?

• Air travel and shipping containers

• Railroads and steam engines

• Automobiles and highways

• Bicycles and horse-drawn carriages

What did radio ads in the early 1900s encourage people to do?

• Watch television

• Use the internet

• Make a long-distance phone call

• Send a telegram

What did the knowledge economies take root in around the world?

• Rural areas

• Cities

• Suburbs

• Villages

What did social media play a role in during the 2010s?

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Arab Spring

• The American Civil War

• The Renaissance

What was a major downside of the Green Revolution for small farmers?

• They could not afford the new fertilizers or pesticides

• They had to work longer hours

• They had to move to urban areas

• They had to switch to organic farming

What did farmers use more of during the Green Revolution to increase crop production?

• Organic farming techniques

• Irrigation, fertilizers, and pesticides

• Traditional farming methods

• Crop rotation

What was one of the methods used by people in Brazil and elsewhere to create more agricultural land during the Green Revolution?

• Building terraces

• Using greenhouses

• Burning down forests and plowing the land

• Practicing crop rotation

What was the impact of the Green Revolution on the acreage devoted to crops?

• It decreased

• It remained the same

• It increased dramatically

• It fluctuated

What was the main goal of the Green Revolution?

• To reduce the use of chemicals in farming

• To increase crop yields and resistance to pests, diseases, and drought

• To promote organic farming

• To decrease the amount of land used for agriculture

What was one of the concerns associated with genetic engineering mentioned in the text?

• Increase in crop yield

• Decline in the population of pollinating insects

• Improvement in plant resistance to diseases

• Increase in the nutritional value of plants