Biology
Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production Solutions
Module
mca 15
Preparing for the AP Exam
AP Exam Practice Questions
suple-Choice Questions
warly eighteenth century?
3. What agricultural activity is shown in the follow
ing image?
equipment
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rain or
into
and
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crops
the invention and diffusion of the need drill in the
Which of the following describes the importance of
It increased a farmer's grain yields by
multiple of at least 10
It eliminated the need for the farmer to walk
behind his horson, which pulled the farm
c. It added iron to the soil: iron was important to
growing strong plants and increasing agricul
tural productivity
d. It was instrumental in adding efficiencies and
decreasing waste when farmers planted their
It increased efficiency by helping farmers
prepitre large fields for planting grain crops.
About 5000 years ago, early farmers in the Indus
Valley invented an agricultural tool that was
pulled by oxen to break up the soil before farm-
ers planted their crops. Which of the following
explains the importance of the improvements to
this innovation during the Second Agricultural
The cast iron plow patented in the United
States in the late eighteenth century repre-
sented the first major improvement in agricul.
tural technology in 2000
years.
b. The mechanical reaper invented in the United
States in the early nineteenth century was the
first agricultural innovation that was pulled by
a tractor rather than by horses.
The seed drill invented in England in the early
eighteenth century was the first agricultural
machine with moving parts.
d. The steel plow patented in the United States
in the mid-nineteenth century was the first
commercially successful plow in the world.
e. The agricultural scythe that cut wide swaths
of grain during harvest time provided work for
farm laborers.
Revolution?
n the
Petter
ctan-
work-
a. Planting seeds
b. Applying herbicide to the weeds
c. Plowing the ground
d. Harvesting the crop
e. Sprending fertilizer
4. Which of the following is a result of the change
from subsistence farming to the production of cash
crops by farmers and their families?
a. Industrialized countries purchased surplus food
from economically less developed countries.
b. Farmers moved from producing for the farm
family to producing for a non-farm market.
c. Farmers moved out of the village and bought
new farms closer to urban areas.
d. Farmers hired immigrant laborers to plant the
fields and harvest the grain.
e. Population in urban areas decreased when
people moved to rural areas and bought farms.
5. Which of the following is a result of the change
from subsistence farming to cash crops in the
farming communities?
a. Farm products were more diversified and sold
for high profits at farmers' markets.
b. The size of farm families increased, and taxes
were raised to provide more schools.
c. Farmers turned from cooperation between
farms to competition for markets.
d. Farm women increased sales of farm products,
such as eggs and cheese, to the local market.
e. Government subsidies provided for a university
education for all members of a farm family.
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Module 36 The Second Agricultural Revolution
