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 * __UNIT V. Agriculture and Rural Land Use (13–17%)__**
 * 1) Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
 * 2) Second Agricultural Revolution
 * 3) Green Revolution
 * 4) Modern Commercial Agriculture

B. Major agricultural production regions
 * 1) Agricultural systems associated with major bioclimatic zones
 * 2) Variations within major zones and effects of markets
 * 3) Linkages and flows among regions of food production and consumption

C. Rural land use and settlement patterns
 * 1) Models of agricultural land use, including von Thünen’s model
 * 2) Settlement patterns associated with major agriculture types
 * 3) Land use/land cover change, irrigation, conservation (desertification, deforestation)

D. Modern commercial agriculture
 * 1) Biotechnology, including genetically modified plants and animals
 * 2) Spatial organization and diffusion of industrial agriculture
 * 3) Organic farming and local food production
 * 4) Environmental impacts of agriculture

This section of the course explores four themes: the origin and spread of agriculture; the characteristics of the world’s agricultural regions; reasons why these regions function the way they do; and the impact of agricultural change on the quality of life and the environment. Students first examine centers where domestication originated and study the processes by which domesticates spread. This diffusion process makes clear why distinct regional patterns of diet, energy use, and agrarian technology emerged.

The course next examines Earth’s major agricultural production regions. Extensive activity (fishing, forestry, nomadic herding, ranching, shifting cultivation) and intensive activity (plantation agriculture, mixed crop/livestock systems, market gardening, horticulture, factory farms) are examined, as are settlement patterns and landscapes typical of each major agriculture type. In addition, students learn about land survey systems, environmental conditions, and cultural values that created and sustain the patterns.

Explanations for the location of agricultural activities are another major concern. Von Thünen’s land use model, agricultural change (e.g., the impact of factory farming on food supplies), and the distribution of crops and animals are also emphasized. The need for increased food supplies and the capacity to increase food production concludes this section.

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