Big Framing Objective – Agriculture
Understand that different Agricultural
Revolutions and the how the different
types of agriculture impact its
surroundings.
April 4 and April 7, 2014
AP Human Geography Agenda
Agriculture and Rural Land Use
Agriculture and Rural Land Use – At the end of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Identify and mark on maps the major agricultural producing regions of the world.
2. Analyze and categorize the major historical agricultural revolutions.
3. Explain what the geographical and human factors are that affect the production of certain agricultural
products in certain regions.
4. Explain how the production of food products determines where and how people live.
5. Explain how different types of agricultural production affect the local and global environments—using
specific examples, and differentiating between types of commercial and subsistence agriculture.
6. Compare the quality of life of various human communities based on where they live in relation to food
production.
By the end of today, we will
1. Understand Von Thunen’s Theory
2. Assess the Green Revolution
Part I: Do now – What do I remember? (5 minutes): Individual
Where in the world did the Green Revolution have an impact?
Part II: At any time you could be taking a map quiz (Europe is next) or a group review quiz Part III: Von Thunen Handout – Davies 3rd (10-15 minutes): Activity
Again, work together. We will do a wrap up when we are done.
Part IV: The Green Revolution – Davies 3rd (20 minutes): Groups/Class Discussion/Video
Let’s go more in depth on the 20th century Green Revolution.
Part V: Continue Discussion of 4th Agricultural Revolution (rest of class): Reading and Videos
Let’s continue to take a look at genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
Part VII: Do Later – what did I learn (end of class): Individual
List 2 Pros and 2 Cons to the Green Revolution.
What needs to be turned in at the end
of this class?
 Do Now Do Later
 Von Thunen Grid
UpComing Events:
4/2 and 4/3: von Tunen Activity and Green Revolution
4/4 and 4/7: Green Revolution and Agribusiness
4/8 and 4/9: GMO day
4/10 and 4/11: Test on Agriculture
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What is due next class?
 Biotechnology PPT and
Questions
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Many of the world’s crop products are dictated by the climate of the region where they are
grown.
There were 4 Agricultural Revolutions that changed history. The first was the transition from
hunting and gathering to planting and sustaining. The second increased productivity of farming
through mechanization and access to markets due to better transportation. The third was the
Green revolution whose intent was to increase food production in marginalized areas. The fourth
and current revolution is the use of GMOs.
Von Tunen’s model focuses on transportation. The distance and the weight of crops as well as
their distance to market affect which ones are grown.
There are 2 primary methods of farming in the world. Subsistence farming involves producing
agricultural products for use by the farm family. Commercial farming involves the sale of
agricultural products by the farm.
Many of the settlement patterns in the US have been based on the agricultural possibilities of the
areas.
Modern agriculture is becoming more industrialized and more specialized than ever. The loss of
the family farm is a direct result of the rise of feedlots and mega-farms used to produce
enormous quantities of agricultural commodities.
To compete with agribusiness in the US, many family farms are turning to sustainable methods of
production, organic agriculture and catering to the local food movement.
This Day in History
1818 Congress adopted a U.S. flag with one star for each state.
1841 President William Henry Harrison died from pneumonia, one month after his inauguration.
1905 Earthquake in Kangra, India, killed more than 20,000.
1945 The Ohrdruf death camp was liberated from Nazi occupation.
1949 The treaty establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was signed.
1968 Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated.
1973 The ribbon was cut to open the World Trade Center in New York City.
1979 Pakistan prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was executed by the military.
1981 Henry Cisneros became the mayor of San Antonio, Texas: the first Hispanic mayor of a major U.S. city.
1983 Sally Ride became the first U.S. woman in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
INTERFAITH CONFLICTS
Place
China (Tibet)
Nigeria
Interfaith Boundary
Tibetan Buddhism and
Atheism
Islam and Christianity
India
Hinduism and Sikhism
India and
Pakistan
Former
Yugoslavia
Hinduism and Islam
Central African
Muslim and
Christianity and Islam
Conflict
The atheist Chinese government id destroying Tibetan Buddhist
monasteries, and overall trying to suppress the religion.
Islam prevails in the northern region while Christianity and local
religions prevail in the South. Lead to power based tensions for
government control
Sikhs in the NW state of Punjab demand autonomy from the Hinducontrolled government of India
Pakistan was established as a Muslim state in 1948. Pakistan and
India are fighting over territory called Jammu and Kashmir
In the Yugoslavian civil wars of the 1990s, Serb leader Slobadan
Milosevic tried to kill or evict the Muslim population in Bosnia and
the other Serbian controlled lands in the region
With its Muslim-Christian overtones risks escalating into sustained
Republic
Christianity
Burma/Myanmar
Buddhism and Islam
violence along religious lines and spilling beyond the country’s
borders, further destabilizing the whole region
Though Muslims nationwide have been targeted, members of one
particular ethnic group, the Rohingya, have borne the brunt of the
violence. Many Buddhists view the Rohingya Muslims, who live
along the border with Bangladesh, as illegal immigrants, even
though many have been in Myanmar for generations.
INTRAFAITH CONFLICTS
Place
Iraq
Intrafaith Boundary
Islam: Sunni and
Shiite
US
Christian:
Fundamentalism and
moderate Christianity
Christian: Protestant
and Catholic
Northern Ireland
Conflict
After the fall of the largely Sunni government controlled by
Saddam Hussein, both Sunnis and Shiites are warring for
control of the newly forming political landscape
Christians have conflicted in the US over political-cultural
issues such as homosexuality, evolution, and abortion. In
some cases, violent tactics have been used
British Colonialism deposited large numbers of Protestants
in traditionally Catholic Northern Ireland. Has caused violent
conflicts between the 2 groups in the regions