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Unit 5 Overview
"This unit examines the origins of agriculture and its subsequent diffusion. Students learn about the ways agricultural practices have changed over time as a result of technological innovations, such as equipment mechanization and improvements in transportation that create global markets. In addition, they examine the consequences of agricultural practices such as the use of high-yield seeds and chemicals, revisiting the human–environmental relationships studied in Unit 1.
Course emphasis on spatial patterns is evident in this unit as students consider the differences in what foods or resources are produced and where they are produced. These agricultural production regions are impacted by economic and technological forces that increase the size of agricultural operations and the carrying capacity of the land. This has in turn created a global system of agriculture and the interdependence of regions of agricultural consumption and production."
Global Agricultural Regions
Unit 5 CED Topics
Unit 5 CED Topics
5.1 Introduction to Agriculture
5.2 Settlement Patterns and Survey Methods
5.3 Agricultural Origins and Diffusions
5.4 The Second Agricultural Revolution
5.5 The Green Revolution
5.6 Agricultural Production Regions
5.7 Spatial Organization of Agriculture
5.8 Von Thünen Model
5.9 The Global System of Agriculture
5.10 Consequences of Agricultural Practices
5.11 Challenges of Contemporary Agriculture
5.12 Women in Agriculture
Unit 5 CED skills
Unit 5 CED skills
Spatial Relationships
2.B Explain spatial relationships in a specified context of region of the world, using geographic concepts, processes, models, or theories.
2.D Explain the significance of geographic similarities and differences among different locations and/or at different times.
2.E Explain the degree to which a geographic concept, process, model, or theory effectively explains geographic effects in different contexts and regions of the world.
Data Analysis
3.D Compare patterns and trends in maps and in quantitative and geospatial data to draw conclusions.
Source Analysis
4.D Compare patterns and trends in visual sources to draw conclusions.
Scale Analysis
5.B Explain spatial relationships across various geographic scales using geographic concepts, processes, models, or theories.
5.D Explain the degree to which a geographic concept, process, model, or theory effectively explains geographic effects and across various geographic scales.
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