AP Human Geography Semester B Exam Review

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AP Human Geography Semester B Exam Review - In the United States, more than 80 percent of the population worked in agriculture in 1800, and only about 30 percent did by 1900. This decline was due to... ? Implementation of agricultural technology. More effective farming practices, advanced agricultural technology -Know what types of geography and climate are best for ranching and farming. Desert and scrub brush for ranching. -Arguments against the use of bioengineering in agricultural crops. GMOs reduce diversity. It could also be dangerous, it changes the taste of the food - Maize, or corn, originated in the Latin American hearth. Many years later, how was the corn industry in Mexico affected by NAFTA? Their traditional way of life is threatened. It ruined there traditional way of life because it made the food have to be processed. - How has international trade affected the agriculture of developing countries? Women have taken on more of the labor in subsistence agriculture. Commercial is bigger and subsistence is for your community or family, community is for selling - Cuba is now the world’s 10th-largest producer of yams. Why? Diffusion from Africa during the Columbian Exchange. - Thomas Malthus first raised concerns about food supply more than 200 years before it became a true global threat. Widespread food shortages were avoided in the mid-to late-twentieth century because: high-yield crops were developed along with new methods to increase production. - Types of fields that are likely cultivated using the methods of subsistence farming. Terraced. So the water will stay in place - As commercial ranching spread widely in the northwestern United States, it caused desertification and land degradation of the arid sagebrush ecosystem, home to the greater sage grouse and other species. Some ranchers have joined with biologists, governments, and environmental groups in conservation efforts, believing that these also benefit their herds. Other ranchers feel that such efforts are unnecessary and restrictive. Some other interested parties think the sage grouse should be officially protected as an endangered species: How agricultural innovations cause debate over impacts to the environment, culture, or health. - As a result of the rise of agribusiness, most farms in the United States are now: larger farms that are family-owned. [Show More]

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