Take this Quiz: AP Human Geography — agriculture, cities and development | Zestly

Question 1

In the invented region of Oakhaven, farmers who had long grown traditional varieties for their own households took up high-yielding seed varieties, chemical fertiliser and irrigation from the nineteen-sixties onwards. Which statement best describes what the Green Revolution did there?

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Yields per hectare rose substantially, while farming came to depend on purchased inputs that not every household could afford on the same terms

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Yields per hectare rose substantially, and the gains were spread evenly, since every household planted the same seed

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Yields changed little, because the new varieties were bred for appearance and storage rather than for output

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Yields rose because the new varieties needed less water and less fertiliser than the traditional ones they replaced

Question 2

A farming operation in the fictional territory of Verdant Plains utilises large tracts of land with minimal labour input per hectare to produce wheat for export. How is this agricultural system classified?

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Extensive commercial agriculture.

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Intensive subsistence agriculture.

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Intensive commercial agriculture.

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Extensive subsistence agriculture.

Question 3

Von Thunen's model assumes a flat uniform plain, a single central market, and transport costs that rise evenly with distance in every direction. In the invented region of Larsend, which condition would most disturb the concentric rings of land use the model predicts?

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A navigable river crossing the region, along which goods can be moved far more cheaply than overland

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Soil of the same quality throughout the region, so that yields do not vary from one district to another

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A population spread evenly across the region rather than concentrated in particular districts

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A uniform climate across the whole region, so that any crop could in principle be grown anywhere within it

Question 4

In the fictional colony of New Haven, land was surveyed by dividing it into rectangular blocks based on lines of latitude and longitude. Which survey system does this describe?

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Township and range.

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Metes and bounds.

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Long lot.

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Clustered settlement.

Question 5

The fictional city of Port River was originally a small fishing village. Its growth accelerated after a new deep-water canal was constructed nearby, connecting it to major international trade routes. This change in importance is primarily a result of a shift in its:

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Absolute location.

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Situation.

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Urban morphology.

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Site characteristics.

Question 6

In the fictional nation of Aethelgard, the largest city has ten million people, the second largest has five million, and the third largest has three point three million. This distribution follows which concept?

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The concentric zone model.

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The primate city rule.

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The rank-size rule.

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Central place theory.