Center A: Cadastral Systems (pg 344)

1. What is a cadastral system?

2. Describe each system and give an example of where it is found.

a. Rectangular survey system/township-and-range system

b. Metes and bounds survey

c. Longlot survey

d. Primogeniture

e. Fragmentation

Center B: Villages (pg 344)

1. Describe each type of village and give an example.

a. Traditional farm-village

b. Dispersed settlement

c. Nucleated settlement

d. Linear settlement

e. Round or rundling settlement

f. Walled villages

g. Grid villages

Center C: Environmental Impact (pg 357)

1. What are environment impacts of commercial agriculture for each of the following?

a. Fish

b. Forests

c. Soil

d. Semiarid regions

e. Groundwater
 Center D: Agribusiness (pg 357)
1. What is Agribusiness and what is it’s main 2 purposes?

2. How has agribusiness changes the poultry industry in the US

3. How has agribusiness changed the role of farmers?

4. Why do farmers in LDC’s not have much control over what they will farm and other land-use

decisions?

Center E: Loss of Farmland (pg 358)

1. What is the main reason for loss of farmland in MDC’s?

2. The Raleigh/Durham area and other parts of the piedmont of NC are listed as places we

see the loss of farmland. What are 2 examples of how you see this trend in the world

around you?

3. What are state governments doing to prevent this trend?

Center F: Environmental Stress (pg 398)

1. List at least 5 “less obvious” examples of environmental stress.

2. What are renewable resources?

Center G: Energy (pg 409)

1. Why is consumption of material goods closely linked to the consumption of energy?

2. How has population increase impacted energy use in LDC’s?

3. What are the impacts of shifting away from our dependency on oil? List positives and

negatives.