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AP Human Geography Flashcards: The Green Revolution

Study The Green Revolution in AP Human Geography with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

Identify one social consequence of the Green Revolution.

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ANSWER

Widening gap between rich and poor farmers. Wealthy farmers could afford new technology while poor farmers fell behind.

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This deck focuses on The Green Revolution, giving you a quick way to review the definitions, rules, and examples that matter most for AP Human Geography.

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A secondary source argues that the Green Revolution's reliance on intensive irrigation and chemical inputs increased yields but also contributed to groundwater depletion, soil salinization in irrigated fields, and fertilizer runoff that polluted waterways. The author suggests these environmental costs were uneven and often concentrated in areas of intensive monocropping. Which of the following best explains the Green Revolution pattern described in the excerpt?
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