AP®︎ Human Geography: Topic 5.11 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 5.11 of AP Human Geography – Challenges of Contemporary Agriculture.
Questions List
Topic 5.11
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: IMP-5.B.3
What is a main challenge facing contemporary agriculture?
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Topic 5.11: Challenges of Contemporary Agriculture
Learning Objective: IMP-5.B
Explain challenges and debates related to the changing nature of contemporary agriculture and food-production practices.
Essential Knowledge: IMP-5.B.1
Agricultural innovations such as biotechnology, genetically modified organisms, and aquaculture have been accompanied by debates over sustainability, soil and water usage, reductions in biodiversity, and extensive fertilizer and pesticide use.
Essential Knowledge: IMP-5.B.2
Patterns of food production and consumption are influenced by movements relating to individual food choice, such as urban farming, community-supported agriculture (CSA), organic farming, value-added specialty crops, fair trade, local-food movements, and dietary shifts.
Essential Knowledge: IMP-5.B.3
Challenges of feeding a global population include lack of food access, as in cases of food insecurity and food deserts; problems with distribution systems; adverse weather; and land use lost to suburbanization.
Essential Knowledge: IMP-5.B.4
The location of food-processing facilities and markets, economies of scale, distribution systems, and government policies all have economic effects on food-production practices.
