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Agriculture: Key Issue 1What is agriculture, and where did agriculture begin?De Blij pp. 365-375012700● FIELD NOTES1. What is a Roundup Ready soybean?2. How does the soybean work?3. Who is Monsanto?4. Define organic agriculture - 5. What is the most glaring or interesting recent statistic regarding organic foods? 6. Where in the world would are most organic foods sold? 7. What are the benefits of the organic movement? 8. Using the chart below, define the following and summarize each of its characteristics.TERMDEFINITIONSUMMARY OF CHARACTERISTICSHUNTING/GATHERING1ST AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTIONDOMESTICATION OF ANIMALSSUBSISTENCE AGRICULTUREAgriculture: Key Issue 2How did agriculture change with industrialization?De Blij pp. 375-3810127009. Use the chart below to summarize the characteristics of the Second Agricultural RevolutionASPECTSUMMARY / EXPLANATIONDefinitionNew CropsRole of the GovernmentNew TechnologyBreedingRailroadVON THUNEN MODEL10. Who was von Thunen? 11. What did he discover or realize?12. What are the 4 rings of the model that von Thunen observed in relation to the spatial distribution of agriculture activities (what is farmed in each of the sections)? Please create a diagram that also illustrates this model (be sure to color code).a. b.c.d.13. What did von Thunen reason in regards to transportation and cost?14. What did geographer Lee Liu discover about spatial distribution in China? How did it vary from von Thunen?The Third Agricultural Revolution / The Green Revolution15. Using the chart below summarize the key information regarding the 3rd Agricultural Revolution/Green RevolutionDefinitionOriginsGeographical ImpactGMO’s & Fears or ConcernsRegional & Local Change16. Using the chart below list the various changes that have occurred in the areas listed below as a result of the Green RevolutionLatin AmericaSub-Saharan AfricaAsiaSubsistence Farming17. Use the chart below to describe the impact that has been placed on subsistence farming as a result of agricultural modernization.Definition-Subsistence FarmingEuropean InterventionModern-day Effects-22859922860018. Indicate the World Regions of Primarily Subsistence Agriculture by shading those areas – use pg. 380 figure 11.918. Indicate the World Regions of Primarily Subsistence Agriculture by shading those areas – use pg. 380 figure 11.98134358255006350571518. Indicate the World Regions of Primarily Subsistence Agriculture by shading those areas – use pg. 380 figure 11.918. Indicate the World Regions of Primarily Subsistence Agriculture by shading those areas – use pg. 380 figure 11.9Agriculture: Key Issue 3What Imprint Does Agriculture Make On The Cultural Landscape?De Blij pp. 381-38601270019. Use the chart below to distinguish the various types of land ownership based on the cadastral system.Global Location / Where It Is CommonDefinitionRectangular Survey SystemTownship & Range SystemMetes & Bounds SurveyLong-Lot Survey SystemPrimogeniture20. On the map below, identify the dominant land survey patterns in the United States. Use fig. 11.11 on pg. 382. Include a key.VILLAGES21. In the chart below, please describe the various village forms that exist in the world. Describe the type of village and where it is most commonly located.VILLAGE FormDescriptionCommon Global LocationDISPERSED VILLAGE / LINEAR VILLAGENUCLEATED SETTLEMENT / CLUSTER VILLAGEROUND VILLAGE / RUNDLINGWALLED VILLAGEGRID VILLAGE22. What are (at least) 2 examples of functional differentiation within villages around the world?Agriculture: Key Issue 4How Is Agriculture Currently Organized Geographically & How Has Agribusiness Influenced The Contemporary Geography Of Agriculture?De Blij pp. 386-401012700The World Map of Agriculture23. Use the charts below in order to organize information regarding the various forms of agriculture around the world.Plantation Farming24 Defined: CharacteristicsRegions/CountriesSpecific CropsWhy there / Issues TodayCommercial Livestock, Fruit, and Grain Agriculture 25. Defined: CharacteristicsRegions/CountriesSpecific CropsWhy there / Issues TodaySubsistence Agriculture26. Defined: CharacteristicsRegions/CountriesSpecific CropsWhy there / Issues TodayMediterranean Agriculture27. Defined: CharacteristicsRegions/CountriesSpecific CropsWhy there / Issues TodayDrug Agriculture28. Defined: CharacteristicsRegions/CountriesSpecific CropsWhy there / Issues Today29. Using the map below and figure 11.19 (pg. 393), please identify the major regions of Mexican Drug Cartel Regions of Influence. Be sure to color in the map & identify all the federation zones.228600116204CASE STUDY: COTTON – Political Influences on Agriculture30. Using the chart below break down how the growth of the cash crop cotton was politically influenced.OriginsGlobal GrowthLegacy31. How has the US government become a driving force in the development of agriculture in the country?32. How have communist governments been influential in agricultural reform in their countries?CASE STUDY: COFFEE – Socio-Cultural Influences on Agriculture33. Using the chart below break down how the growth of the luxury crop coffee was socio-culturally influenced.Origins / HistoryReality of ProductionChanges in Coffee Production34. Which companies make fair trade coffee available?35. How has the geography of agriculture changed due to the popularity of Tea?AGRIBUSINESS36. What is agribusiness & its purpose?37. How has the geography of agriculture changed in terms of the following areas of agricultural production?POULTRY PRODUCTIONHOG PRODUCTIONENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE38. What have been environmental impacts of commercial agriculture?Fish IndustryOrganic FarmingLarge-Scale Intensive AgricultureRise in Fast-Food IndustryTHE CHALLENGE OF FEEDING EVERYONE39. What is the state of worldwide food production today?40. What have been the changes in the following countries in regards to the loss of farmland?CHINAUNITED STATES41. How are farmlands in the US at risk due to the rise of new housing developments?42. How has the rise of global food prices and food consumption put pressure on the global social landscape?43. Why does the author say that it is “possible for many people to put farming largely out of their minds?”44. What are food deserts? ................
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