AP Human Geography : Cash Cropping
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Example Question #1 : Rural Land Use & Settlement Patterns
Which of the following is not a feature of an agricultural cash crop?
Grown for maximum efficiency
Not suitable for subsistence farming
Produced according to market trends
Only kept by the producer and never distributed
Frequently grown as a monoculture
Only kept by the producer and never distributed
A "cash crop" is an agricultural crop that is purposely made strictly to be sold in a market environment for as much money as possible. Most cash crops, which include cotton, opium, grains, and many other products, are grown in a monoculture environment, where they are the only product grown on a piece of land. By their nature, cash crops are not a form of subsistence farming, as they are always produced to be used beyond a grower's own home and family.
Example Question #2 : Agriculture, Food Production, & Rural Land Use
Which of the following terms best describes the practices of a group of farmers who rely on one or two economically lucrative crops?
Cash Cropping
Aquaculture
Ranching
Pastoralism
Cash Cropping
When farmers grow a few lucrative crops, they cash cropping. Cash cropping involves growing one or a few crops that can be sold for a relatively high price.
Example Question #2 : Cash Cropping
Most cash crops are grown __________.
on plantations
through aquaculture
in the developed world
through hydroponics
on small cooperatives
on plantations
A cash crop is a crop like coffee or tobacco; something that is grown for profit and to meet some luxury rather than to sustain the population. Cash crops are primarily grown on plantations in the developing world. Cash crops, while generally grown in the developing world, are most often exported to the developed world.
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