anyone know the answers for the AP Human Geography semester 2 final exam? Here are the first couple of questions.
1. In the United States, more than 80 percent of the population worked in agriculture in 1800, and only about 30 percent did by 1900. This decline was due to
A.
the invention of new breeds of crops during the green revolution.
B.
a declining population due to infectious disease outbreaks.
C.
increasing food imports from the Eastern to the Western hemisphere.
D.
reduction in caloric intake among the populations of developed nations.
E.
economies of scale due to implementation of agricultural technology.
2. Consider the environment and agricultural region shown in the image. If this area were a developed country, or if this area were to become developed, these farmers would most likely practice
A.
shifting cultivation.
B.
intensive subsistence farming, wet-rice dominant.
C.
pastoral nomadism.
D.
ranching.
E.
commercial gardening
3. A student is arguing against the use of bioengineering in agricultural crops. Which of the following BEST supports the student’s argument?
A.
Relying upon GMOs reduces genetic diversity, making catastrophes such as the Irish potato blight more likely.
B.
Farmed fish could be genetically engineered to be sterile, so that they do not interbreed with stock in natural fisheries.
C.
Humans have been altering plants and animals for millennia, since the advent of agriculture.
D.
Humans have already consumed massive amounts of GMO crops, with no documented illnesses.
E.
It is unethical to genetically alter the human genome.
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