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AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY UNIT III THEME GUIDE
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GEOGRAPHY: ITS NATURE AND PERSPECTIVES: An Introduction to Human Geography,
James M. Rubenstein, 9th ed.
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Chapter 10: Agriculture 326-363
Origins of Agriculture 329-330
Define each of the following &
explain why each of the following
terms are low in population:
Definition
Explanation
1. Agriculture
2. How did men and women
acquire food prior to
agriculture?
3. Locate on a map (using p.
wheat, lentils, oats, rye, rice, mango, taro, yam, sorghum, beans, cotton,
310)
potato, squash, cattle, goats, pigs, sheep, dogs, and horses
Subsistence and Commercial Agriculture, 330–334
3. Subsistence Agriculture
4. Commercial Agriculture
5. Prime Agricultural Land
6. Agribusiness
7. Role of climate in
determining the type of
agriculture in a particular
region
5. Percent of people in
MDC
LDC
agriculture in MDCs?
LDCs?
8. Relationship between
technology and the number
of small farmers.
9. How have transportation
improvements aided
commercial farmers?
10. What kind of scientific
1.
advances (at least 3) are
2.
available to commercial
3.
farmers?
11. How big is the average
a.
American farm? How many b.
of them are family
owned/operated?
12. What happened to the
number of farmers and
available farmland between
1900 and 2000?
Shifting Cultivation and Pastoral Nomadism, 335-339
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Transhumance
shifting cultivation
slash and burn agriculture
Swidden
Pastoral nomadism
Identify crops that are grown
using shifting cultivation.
19. Who own the land in shifting
cultivation?
20. Identify 3 reasons for a
decline in shifting cultivation
21. Compare and contrast the
Used For:
use of animal sin pastoral
nomadism
Not Used For:
22. Describe the use of these
Camels
Sheep
Goats
three animals.
23. Explain the reasons for the
decline of pastoral
nomadism
24. What has been the reaction
of pastoral nomads to
government attempts to
resettle them?
Intensive Subsistence Agriculture, Plantation Farming, and Mixed Crop and Livestock Farming, 339–343
25. Most common type of
agriculture, worldwide.
26. Most common type of
agriculture in Asia
27. Intensive subsistence
agriculture
28. Asian agriculture is
characterized by shortages in
what items?
29. Where is intensive WET rice
farming most common?
Describe the process.
30. Double cropping
31. Why is rice not commonly
grown in northeast China?
32. What does mixing crops and
livestock allows farmers to
do?
33. Where plantations are
typically found today?
34. Sustainable agriculture
35. Crop rotation
Define
Purpose
Dairy farming and Grain Farming, 343-345
36. Milkshed (explain why it is
where it is)
37. Grain
38. Winter-wheat
39. Spring-wheat
40. Reaper
41. Combine
42. Describe dairy production in
the outer rings
43. Explain the two challenges
1.
2.
faced by dairy farmers
44. World’s largest/most
important grain?
45. Why do farmers own land in
multiple regions make more
$$$ than those who own
land in one region?
Livestock Ranching, Mediterranean Agriculture, Commercial Gardening, and Fruit Farming, 346-350
46. Ranching
47. Horticulture
48. Truck Farming
49. Range Wars (include origin)
50. Describe the journey from
Texas to Chicago
51. Mediterranean Agriculture
(include locations)
52. List and describe the use of
the three main crops in the
Mediterranean
53. List the main crops of
California
54. Describe the problems faced
by Californian farmers
55. List the main crops of the
Southeast United States
56. Why are these crops
Mediterranean
California
Southeast
profitable?
Challenges to Farmers 329-335
57. Primary factor in von
Thünen's model for choosing
commercial far products?
58. How would von Thünen
explain the location of
dairying in the US?
59. In regards to dairy farm
output, what factors
determine whether it will
produce milk or butter? Why
60. Why did von Thünen state
that timber production would
be located in the second
ring?
61. Provide at least 3 things the
US government does to
prevent overproduction?
a.
b.
c.
62. Provide a problem farmers in
more and less develop
countries both deal with.
63. Why to farmers in LDCs
choose to grow crops and
export them?
Chapter 3: Migration 80-111
Strategies to Increase Food Supply, 355-360
64. desertification
65. Choose 3 of the 4 strategies
1.
to increase the food supply.
Write 4-6 sentences
2.
summarizing how they
increase the food supply.
3.
“Chicken Consumption Continue Long Run Rise” – Jean Buzby and Hodan Farah
Follow this link to reach the first article.
After reading the first article, return to the last three paragraphs and identify one reason from each paragraph for
the increase in poultry consumption.
1.
2.
3.
Follow this link to reach the second article.
NOTICE
In order to read the article, you will need to highlight the black space on the webpage.
After reading the second article answer the 15 questions at the end.
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