AP Human Geography Agriculture Review Questions With 100% Correct Answers.

Define intensive agriculture. - Requires lots of labor inputs, or is focused on a small plot of land, or both. Define extensive agriculture. - Requires limited labor inputs, or is spread across large areas of land, or both. Define transhumance. - Where groups moved seasonally not only to avoid harsh climates, but to follow animal herds and walk to areas where native plants were in fruit. Define pastoralism/nomadic herding. - Agriculture based on the seasonal movement of animals from winter to summer pastures and back again. When and why was monoculture common? - Early political civilizations and empires: large amount in order to feed whole societies and armies with a basic carbohydrate. Define staple crop. - The one crop used for monoculture. Define general farming. - Mixed farming, crop farming with domesticated animals. What does mixed farming provide? - Diverse nutritional intake and non-food items such as bone tools and leather. Define subsistence agriculture. - Intensive mixed farming that provides for all of the food and material needs of a household. Where are most of the farm's productions? - Staple crops that were used to pay for taxes or fulfill government quotas.Where is extensive subsistence agriculture the most common? - Where there are low amounts of labor inputs per unit of land. Less populated regions like South America, and less habitable areas where pastoralism is common, like Siberia and Sahelian Africa.