Agriculture Competencies

Type A – Students should master all non-underlined parts to expect a passing grade on unit test. Underlined parts are required knowledge for A grade on unit test and for

students planning on passing AP testType B – Students should master all parts to expect an A

on the Unit test and to be in good position to pass AP test

#9 – 1st Agricultural Revolution (A)

• Explain basic events of Agricultural Revolution beginning around 8000 BC

• Identify 4 (or more) of the first Agricultural Hearths, including the crops/animals that were domesticated there

• Describe 3 (or more) direct effects of the Agricultural Revolution on human societies/populations

#10 – 2nd Agricultural Revolution (B)

• Explain the effect of the Enclosure Act• Identify technological advances in the 18th-19th

centuries that increased agricultural production

#11 – 3rd Agricultural Revolution (A)

• Define the terms Green Revolution and Biorevolution

• Describe the role of technology in the Green Revolution

• Describe 2 (or more) negative effects of the Green Revolution

• Describe various ways that farmers and consumers have reacted against the Green Revolution

#12 – Shifting Cultivation (A)

• Explain the process of shifting cultivation• Explain the advantage of slash & burn for

ancient and tropical societies• Explain why shifting cultivation is expected to

diminish in the future• Describe the current distribution of shifting

cultivation

#13 – Subsistence Agriculture (A)

• Distinguish between wet rice and non rice subsistence agriculture

• Describe the process of grain harvesting• Explain effect of subsistence agriculture on

gender roles• Explain the diminishing extent of subsistence

agriculture• Describe the current distribution of both types

of intensive subsistence agriculture

#14 – Pastoral Nomadism (A)

• Explain transhumanance• Explain the process and goals of pastoral

nomadism• Explain the diminishing of pastoral nomadism• Describe the current distribution of pastoral

nomadism

#15 – Commercial Agriculture (A)

• Explain the effect of technology on commercial agriculture

• Describe the effect of commercial agriculture on MDC and LDC farmers

• Describe and explain the distribution of commercial agriculture (grain, ranching, dairying, poultry, plantation, horticulture, truck farming)

#16 – Von Thunen (A)

• Be able to re-draw Von Thunen’s model from memory

• Explain the location of each part of the model• Identify the underlying assumptions of the

model

#17 – Effects of Agriculture (B)

• Explain the effect of commercial and subsistence agriculture on:– Soil quality– Water quality– Development– Climate

#18 – Agricultural Settlements (B)

• Describe the layout of agricultural settlements in major setting types– New England– Africa/India– River (Canada)

• Explain the effect of agriculture on land divisions in the U.S.