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The Cultural Landscape (Rubenstein) Chapter 10 review questions

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?PAGE ? ?PAGE ?1? AP Human Geography Chapter 10 Agriculture 1. What is the ?typical human? and how does this differ with your situation especially with regard to how and what you eat? 2. Why do LDCs have such a high percentage of the world?s farmers? 3. How can the United States produce so much food with just less than 2% of the population engaged in agriculture? 4. What is the most important distinction regarding farm products? 5. What are the main reasons for the variety of agricultural practices in the world? 6. Describe why farmers in the same culture make different decisions with respect to what they grow. 7. From a global perspective, how do recent trends impact farmer?s decisions?

APHUG 11.2 NOTES

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Insights The Third Agricultural Revolution -The third revolution is also called the Green Revolution -It began in the US during the 1930s when scientists manipulated seed varieties to increase crop yields -In the 40s, US philanthropists funded research in Mexico to improve maize/corn yields -By the 1960s, Mexico no longer imported corn -Basic definition: agriculture meets science -Many feel the Green Revolution has hurt subsistent farmers that may try and sell their surplus -Green Revolution has had little affect in Africa where their agriculture focuses on different crops and they have lower soil fertility -Green Revolution focused on rice, wheat, and corn -India became self sufficient by the 1980s -Asia saw a 2/3 increase of production between 1970 and 1995

Chapter 13 powerpoint

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Food, Soil Conservation & Pest Management Chapter 13 Essential Question #1 What is food security, and does it exist worldwide today? Food Today we produce more than enough food to meet the basic nutritional needs of all people Food Security Every person in a given area has daily access to enough nutritious food to have an active, healthy life Global Food Security One in every six people in the developing world do not get enough food to eat Root Cause? Poverty Many developing countries do not produce enough food to feed their population & are too poor to import enough War, corruption, & bad weather can also play a role Global Hunger Index 3 Major Food Challenges Poverty Producing & Distributing enough food to feed our growing human population

AP Human Geography The Cultural Landscape Vocab Ch. 10

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Agribusiness Agriculture Cereal grain Chaff Combine Commercial agriculture Crop Crop rotation Desertification Double cropping Grain Green revolution Horticulture Hull Intensive subsistence agriculture Milkshed Paddy Pastoral nomadism Pasture Plantation Prime agricultural land Ranching Reaper Ridge tillage Sawah Shifting cultivation Slash-and-burn agriculture Spring wheat Subsistence agriculture Sustainable agriculture Swidden Thresh Transhumance Wet rice Winnow Winter wheat
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Human Geo ch. 10

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Isaiah Bennett P.1 4/9/2013 Ch.10 K.I 4 I Challenges for Commercial Farmers Commercial farmers are in some ways victims of their own success Government subsides help prop op farm income, but many believe that the future health of commercial farming rests with embracing more sustainable practices Importance of Access to Markets The purpose of commercial farmers to sell produce off the farm the distance from the farm to the market. Von Thenen based his general model of the spatial arrangement of different crops on his experience as a owner of a large estate. Overproduction in Commercial Farming Commercial farming suffer from low incomes because they are capable of production
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