Human Mosaic Chapter 8-9

about __________ percent of the world’s working population is employed in agriculture

in the United States the number of people involved in farming is less than __________ percent

the agricultural practice of shifting cultivation is essentially

the hallmark of paddy rice farming is

planting and harvesting the same land two or three times a year is known as

the “green revolution” involved the introduction of

llamas and alpacas serve as traditional beasts of burden in

traditional Mediterranean agriculture is based in part on the cultivation of primarily barley and

nomadic herding is normally practiced in what type of environment

plantation agriculture usually maximizes the production of __________ for Europeans and Americans

crops that tend to grow best in tropical highland regions are

market gardening is also referred to as

one of the most highly developed areas of commercial livestock fattening is

T/F: fattening livestock, especially cattle, is an efficient method of protein production

the majority of wheat-producing countries (producing 35 percent of the world’s wheat) are the United States, Russia, Canada, Argentina, Kazakhstan, and

dairy farms located near large urban areas usually produce

Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Argentina produce 70 percent of the world’s

T/F: geographer Carl Sauer believed that plant domestication developed as a response to hunger

perhaps the oldest primary region of agriculture is

T/F: the diffusion of many plant crops from the Western Hemisphere was accomplished by the colonial powers, such as the Dutch and Portuguese

what was developed to preserve what remains of domestic plant variety

a possible result of overgrazing of grasslands is

the Sahel is a critical region that is located

above all, most farmers rely upon

T/F: in von Thunen’s isolated state model, the intensity of cultivation for any given crop increases with increasing distance from the market

the processing of raw materials into a more usable form is

agriculture is considered to be a

the extraction of nonrenewable resources is a

legal services, retailing, and advertising are all considered

consumer-related services such as education are considered to be

the American Manufacturing Belt is located

multinational or transitional companies are also referred to as

in Russia and Ukraine the most important mode of industrial transport is (highways, railways, airways, waterways)

T/F: while the cottage and guild industry systems were similar in many respects, only cottage industry depended on hand labor

the initial breakthrough in the industrial revolution occurred in the

the industrial revolution diffused from its place of origin first to

the “Faustian bargain” refers to European dependency on (coal, fossil fuels, petroleum, nuclear power)

the main cause of acid rain is the burning of

over 90 lakes are “dead” from acid rain in this seemingly pristine mountain range

the greenhouse effect is caused primarily by

T/F: carbon dioxide gases permit solar short-wave radiation to reach the Earth’s surface and allow outgoing long-wave radiation to escape

ozone layer depletion is caused by

industrial location theory was pioneered by

in nearly all industrial site locations, a major factor is

T/F: coastal, often scenic, fishing villages from Norway to Portugal are part of the industrial landscape