Which statement best summarizes the changes in agricultural techniques over time?(1 point)
Agricultural techniques have evolved and become more efficient over time, leading to increased crop yields and improved farming practices.
Which statement best summarizes the changes in agricultural techniques over time?(1 point)
Responses
Humans have been using the same agricultural techniques since the beginning of sedentary agriculture.
Humans have been using the same agricultural techniques since the beginning of sedentary agriculture.
Over time, agricultural techniques shifted from requiring large inputs of labor to requiring large inputs of energy and technology.
Over time, agricultural techniques shifted from requiring large inputs of labor to requiring large inputs of energy and technology.
Over time, agricultural techniques shifted from very expensive to very cheap.
Over time, agricultural techniques shifted from very expensive to very cheap.
Over time, humans have decreased the inputs of energy and chemicals in agriculture.
Over time, agricultural techniques shifted from requiring large inputs of labor to requiring large inputs of energy and technology.
Which agricultural system requires the lowest input of labor and energy?(1 point)
Responses
intensive farming
intensive farming
industrial agriculture
industrial agriculture
the development and use of genetically modified crops
the development and use of genetically modified crops
nomadic pastoralism
Nomadic pastoralism
Which of the following best explains the process of land consolidation?(1 point)
Responses
It is the process of the increased use of mechanization in agriculture.
It is the process of the increased use of mechanization in agriculture.
It is the process of land ownership changing from many small farmers to few large plantation owners.
It is the process of land ownership changing from many small farmers to few large plantation owners.
It is the process of increasing of farm production through the use of chemicals.
It is the process of increasing of farm production through the use of chemicals.
It is the process that allowed many more people to own the land they worked.
It is the process that allowed many more people to own the land they worked.
It is the process of land ownership changing from many small farmers to few large plantation owners.
Which of the following best describes how physical geography affects the development of regional staple crops?(1 point)
Responses
Regional staple crops are developed because they have a high export value.
Regional staple crops are developed because they have a high export value.
Crops that can easily be grown in a region often become the staple of the regional diet.
Crops that can easily be grown in a region often become the staple of the regional diet.
Harsh physical geography can leave a region without a staple crop.
Harsh physical geography can leave a region without a staple crop.
Physical geography can limit the exportation of a staple crop outside a region.
Crops that can easily be grown in a region often become the staple of the regional diet.
Which statement offers the best critique of how humans have impacted the environment through agricultural activities?(1 point)
Responses
Chemicals applied on agricultural crops have led to the lessening of cultural eutrophication.
Chemicals applied on agricultural crops have led to the lessening of cultural eutrophication.
Humans did not impact the physical environment until the last 150 years.
Humans did not impact the physical environment until the last 150 years.
Human agricultural activities have always impacted the physical environment.
Human agricultural activities have always impacted the physical environment.
The agricultural practice of slash and burn does not impact the physical environment in modern times.