Agriculture Essay Questions

Essay Questions for Ch. 7 Agriculture and Rural Geography 

1.  Name and explain the 4 main agricultural revolutions.

               

2.  Name and explain the 3 different types of economies that have traditionally governed agricultural production and distribution.

                

3.  Explain how agriculture originated and identify 6 agricultural hearths.

               

4.  Identify and explain 2 methods used to cultivate the land.

            

5.  Identify and explain the different forms of subsistence farming.

6.  Identify Esther Boserup’s five-stage progression from extensive subsistence forms of agriculture to more intensive land cultivation.

7. What were the results of the Green Revolution?

8.  Discuss the consequences of agribusiness?

               
9.  Name and explain 4 types of commercial agriculture.              

 10.  Draw and explain the von Thunen model

 11.  Explain how biotechnology and agribusiness have had negative effects on periphery countries.