AP Human Geography ­ Unit 5: Agriculture, Food Production, and Rural Land Use Rubenstein Ch. 10 Key Issue 1 ­ Where Did Agriculture Originate? Directions: Read p. 307 ­ 311 in Rubenstein’s T
he Cultural Landscape. After you’ve finished, answer these questions. (I’d recommend using your own sheet of paper, so you have enough space.) 1. Identify the terms agriculture and crops. 2. Explain the agricultural revolution. How long ago did it happen, and what changed? a. What are the environmental factors that contributed to this? b. What are the cultural factors that contributed to this? 3. Identify the terms subsistence agriculture and commercial agriculture. W here is each practiced? 4. Explain how subsistence and commercial agriculture typically differ, in the following ways: a. The percentage of farmers in the country b. The role of machinery & science in the production of food c. The size of farms Find the section titled “Agricultural Hearths.” On the back of this paper, you will draw a map of the world’s Agricultural Hearths and what crops originated where, using Figure 9­2 on p. 309. K
nowing these will be very important for this unit. Here are the steps you should take: 1. Draw an outline of the continents in black. (You do not need to fill in the political borders of countries! It does not need to be 100% accurate, but do your best.) 2. Within the continents, draw in the borders of the world regions from the map below. 3. There are five agricultural hearths discussed in the textbook. On Figure 9­2 they’re drawn in as green circles. Pick a color to represent these hearths & draw them on your map. Label each. 4. Choose a different color and draw arrows to represent the paths where crops from these hearths spread (represented as red arrows on Figure 9­2). As you do this, review the corresponding sections in the reading to make sure you’re drawing arrows into the correct regions. 5. Finally, on your map, indicate the hearths where the following crops & animals originated: a. Pigs, goats, sheep, llamas, horses, chickens b. potatoes, lima beans, squash, maize (corn), potatoes, peppers, coconuts, mango, taro, coffee, yams, soybeans, coffee, walnuts, rice, oats