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How did the 1st Agricultural Revolution affect human development?
Invented farming AND cities
What form of farming would be negatively affected by falling cash crop prices?
Plantation farming
What form of agriculture has been largely ended by the rise of agribusinesses?
Intensive subsistence farming / Family farms
What causes the various different farming practices around the world to exist?
The climate / environment
What has become the main reason why people lack access to healthy food in the 21st century?
Food prices going up
What are the negative effects of shifting cultivation / slash & burn farming?
Deforestation
What regions of the world import the most food?
African countries; Eastern Hemisphere
What regions of the world export the most food?
USA; Western Hemisphere
How do agricultural subsidies affect farmers?
Pay farmers and help control crop prices
How can deforestation from shifting cultivation harm humans?
Hurts the environment, soil erosion, lack of shelter
What kind of tools would you expect to find a person practicing intensive subsistence farming using?
Hand tools, animal pulled plow
What form of agriculture has led to a great increase in fish supply without harming wild fish populations?
Aquaculture
What agricultural crop type would you expect to find being grown in areas near the Equator?
Plantation cash crops
Why are overgrazing and deforestation so unsustainable in semi-arid (dry) regions?
The grass doesn’t grow back → desertification
How have GMO affected the supply of grain crops around the world?
It has increased yield (production)
Why did von Thunen develop his agricultural model?
To lower transportation costs
