Question

● neolithic/first agricultural revolution (
evolution\ means big change)
○ first domestication of _______ and animals
○ ____________ farming involved eating the crops they grow and raise using simple
___________ and _____ labor.
● second agricultural revolution
○ began in the _______
○ increase of food supply and population fueled by advances from the ____________
____________________.
○ improvement of knowledge surrounding ___________, soils, and __________
practices for plants and animals.
● third agricultural revolution
○ began in the ___________.
○ include the ________ revolution
○ companies are now controlling the ______, _______, _________, and
____________ of food to the consumer.
a) centers of plant and animal domestication
a) agricultural hearths
■ identify where the first agricultural hearths were located.
■ identify two characteristics carl sauer identified of the first agricultural hearths.
■ define animal domestication. identify where this likely started.
■ define plant domestication.
■ where was corn (maize) first domesticated?
b) diffusion of the first agricultural revolution
■ explain what caused people to specialize in their work.
■ define the colombian exchange.
● what did europeans bring to the americas?
● what did europeans take home from the americas?
b) physical geography and agriculture
■ list 3 physical geography features that influence how people farm in a region.
■ identify methods farmers used to increase production to feed an ever - growing human
population.
■ using an example, explain how landforms can influence the type of agriculture in a
certain place.

Explanation:

Answer:

1. plants; Subsistence; tools; human
2. 1700s (Great Britain); Industrial Revolution; crop rotation; breeding
3. 1900s; Green; production; processing; distribution
4. Southwest Asia (Fertile Crescent), East Asia, South Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
5. High biodiversity and vegetative planting.
6. The process of taming animals for human use; Southwest Asia.
7. The process of adapting wild plants for human use.
8. Central Mexico.
9. Food surpluses allowed for labor diversification.
10. The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds.
11. Horses, cattle, wheat, and smallpox.
12. Corn, potatoes, tomatoes, and tobacco.
13. Climate, soil quality, and topography.
14. Irrigation, terrace farming, and fertilizers.
15. Terracing on mountainsides allows for rice cultivation in steep terrain.