Unit 5 MCQs Study Guide 2023.

Unit 5 MCQs Study Guide 2023.A typical grocery store in the United States may sell oranges grown primarily in California during part of the year and oranges grown primarily in South Africa during a different part of the year. Which of the following explains why oranges are available year-round in the United States? - ANSWER Grocery stores sell oranges that are grown in locations with similar climates but different growing seasons. Which of the following best explains the significance of a similarity among locations where olives, figs, grapes and lemons are grown? - ANSWER Intensive agriculture is practiced in a Mediterranean climate. Which of the following best explains the significance of similarities between the farming practices for apple orchards and grape vineyards? - ANSWER Both farming practices require considerable labor input because the fruit is picked by hand, making it a product of intensive agriculture. Agricultural settlement patterns are partly determined by the survey system used to organize landownership. Which of the following best describes the survey methods used to delineate agricultural land and the associated settlement patterns shown in the two images? - ANSWER The first image shows a long-lot survey method with a linear settlement pattern, and the second image shows a metes-and-bounds survey method with a dispersed settlement pattern. Which of the following best describes the settlement patterns shown in the images? - ANSWER The long-lot system results in population clustered along a waterway, whereas the metes-and-bounds system results in a random, dispersed population pattern. Which of the following best describes the survey system used in both locations shown? - ANSWER Township and range: unit-block field patterns with dispersed farmsteads and occasional villages Which of the following correctly explains the relationship between wheat and its early hearth of domestication? - ANSWER Wheat was first domesticated in Mesopotamia because of a favorable climate and a great diversity of wild grains that led to crossbreeding of seeds.