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Amos Alonzo Stagg High School - APHUG 350ReadingNotes9.3 Ch. 9 Food and Agriculture

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Ch. 9 Food and Agriculture Key Issue 3 Where IS Agriculture Distributed? Rubenstein, p.316-331 I. AGRICULTURAL REGIONS AND CLIMATE 1. a. Geographer _________________________________ (1936) created... an agricultural map of the world that is still widely used today. His map contained 11 agricultural zones: - 5 are found among developing countries: - 6 are found among developed countries: pastoral nomadism mixed crop & livestock shifting cultivation dairy intensive subsistence, wet rice dominant grain intensive subsistence, wet rice not dominant livestock ranching plantation Mediterranean commercial gardening c. While there is a correlation between the agricultural map and a world map of ________________ regions, differences in ______________________________ and __________________________ also explain agricultural differences in areas of similar climate. (Viewing climate as the sole factor in what a region cultivates would be an example of _______________________________, which most geographers reject.) 2. In Figures 9-13 & 9-14, do the agricultural regions match the climate regions more closely in the developed regions developing regions? Why do you think this might be the case? II. SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES – 5 regions/practices 3. What percent of the world’s population today survive by hunting and gathering? PASTORAL NOMADISM a. Define pastoral nomadism: b. Found in __________ climates because: c. How do pastoral nomads obtain grain? d. What animals are chosen and why? e. Describe territoriality among pastoral nomads. f. Describe the practice of transhumance. g. Identify reasons pastoral nomadism is declining in practice. https://www.coursehero.com/file/22396408/ReadingNotes93/ This study resou [Show More]

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