Agriculture
Unit 2 (Chapter 11)
Reading Questions and Vocabulary
READING QUESTIONS
Write a minimum of one paragraph (4-6 Sentences) explanation/answer to each of the following questions. Two paragraphs per questions need for high score. Your answer should include key human geography terms and fully explain the concept. Write the question and the response in your five subject notebook for unit one.
DUE DATE / QUESTIONS
  1. What happened during the first agricultural revolution? What is subsistence agriculture?

  1. What happened during the second agricultural revolution? How did agriculture change with industrialization?

  1. Explain the Von Thunen Model.

  1. What happened during the third agricultural or green revolution?

  1. Explain what GMOs are. Explain 3 ways why GMOs can be seen a positive for the world. Explain 3 ways how GMOs can be seen as a bad thing for the world. Use sources beyond the textbook for research for these questions. Cite TWO sources beyond the textbook resources you used to answer this question.

  1. Explain the cadastral system. Explain What is dispersed settlement and what is nucleated settlement.

  1. Describe the Koppen climate classification system. Describe regional climates types.

  1. How has colonialism affected farming around the world?

  1. Describe the practice of agribusiness.

  1. What are the environmental impacts of commercial farming

  1. CURRENT EVENT: Locate a current events article (occurring within the last 3 months) from a newspaper, news site (ex. NPR or BBC), or news magazine that relates to agriculture.The event must be outside the United States. You will write two paragraphs:  Paragraph one (4-6 Sentences) will explain the event – the who, what, where, why and when.  Paragraph two (4-6 Sentences) will draw connections between the event and FIVE Terms from Unit 2.

Vocabulary: Each of the following vocab terms and concepts will be included on the unit exam. The first group can be found in the textbook (Fouberg) in the order they are listed. The second group will be presented in classroom notes or supplemental materials.
TEXT VOCAB: FOUBERG, Chapter 11
Organic agriculture
Agriculture
Plant domestication
Root crops
Seed crops
First agricultural revolution
Animal domestication
Subsistence agriculture
Shifting agriculture
Slash-and-burn agriculture
Second agricultural revolution
Von Thunen model
Third agricultural revolution
Green revolution
Genetically modified organisms (GMO’s)
Rectangular survey system
Township and range system
Metes and bound system
Long lot system
Commercial agriculture / Monoculture
Koppen climate classification system
Climatic regions
Plantation agriculture
Livestock ranching
Mediterranean agriculture
Cash crops
Luxury crops
Agribusiness
Food desert
SUPPLEMENTAL VOCAB
Agrarian
Agricultural Hearths
Arable
Aquaculture
Biorevolution
Biotechnology
Capital Intensive farms
Crop rotation
Dairying
Desertification
Double cropping
Enclosure movement
Extensive agriculture
Extractive industry
Feedlot
Food chain
Forestry
Global commons
Hunting and gathering
Intensive agriculture / Intertillage
Labor intensive farms
Large scale grain production
Market gardening
Milpa
Mixed crop and livestock farming
Open lot system
Vegetative agriculture
Ranching
Staple grains
Swidden
Pastoralism
Intensive subsistence agriculture
Sustainable yield
Truck farm