1. Unit 6: agriculture
AP Human Geography

2. Geography of thanksgiving
Directions: Taking what we’ve just discussed, I am going to break the class into pairs. With your partner, I will assign you a food item. You and your group will research and complete the activity assigned for your food item. Once, you’ve completed the research – you and your partner will create an ‘infographic’ presenting what you’ve learned about your food item.

4. Pre-test!
How much do you already know? Take the next minutes to answer the questions on your worksheet. This should be completed individually! When you are finished, please review your answers then quietly wait for everyone else to finish. We will go over as a class!

5. So what is agriculture? The textbooks define it as…
The deliberate modification of Earth’s surface through cultivation (growing) of plants and rearing (raising) of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain.
Intentional planting of crops and raising of domesticated animals

6. Quaternary & Quinary Sector
Economic activities
Activities that involve the extraction of raw materials, the gathering of plants and animals, and the domestication of plants or animals.
Primary Sector
Activities add value to raw materials through some form of manufacturing, processing, or construction.
Secondary Sector
Service industries that connect producers to consumers and facilitate commerce and trade or help people meet their needs.
Tertiary Sector
Services concerned with information or the exchange of money/goods
Services tied to research or higher education
Quaternary & Quinary Sector
Primary -- Must be close to resource
Secondary -- Needs to be accessible to resources, source of energy, market and labor force.

7. Which is which?

8. Economic activities
How does understanding economic activities in sectors help us gain insight into the stories of products?

9. The United States

10. Guatemala

12. Agriculture today Forces that have shaped agriculture:
New technologies
Political concerns about food security and self-sufficiency
Changing opportunities for investment and employment
Double-cropping and triple-cropping
Environmental Impacts:
Soil erosion
Desertification and deforestation
Soil and water pollution
Elimination of some plant and animal species.
Agriculture has been transformed into a globally integrated system.
Developed from – and largely displaced – older agricultural practices, including subsistence agriculture and pastoralism.

13. Agriculture tomorrow
The expansion of farmland for food production will be slower than in the past.
Globally, deforestation will probably continue to slow down.
At a global level there is enough water available, but some regions will face serious water shortages.
Modern biotechnology offers promises as a means to improving food security.
The world population will be increasingly well-fed by 2030.

14. Think about it!
Which of the facts from the worksheet would be the most useful in the study of agriculture?
Give at least three reasons for your answer.
Be sure to explain the reasons for your answer.