The question
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________ The Green Revolution: technology, uneven spread and neo-Malthusian limits (7 points)
(A) Identify Identify one technology that was part of the Green Revolution. [1 point]
Identify means: Give the information asked for: a word or short phrase can earn the point, with no reasons needed.
(B) Describe Describe where the Green Revolution had its largest effect on food production between the 1960s and the 1980s. [1 point]
Describe means: Give the relevant characteristics: what it is like, where and how much. A name alone earns nothing.
(C) Explain Explain why the high-yield seeds of the Green Revolution raised yields most where farmers had irrigation and fertilizer. [1 point]
Explain means: Say how or why, with every link of the chain: a cause, then because or so, then its effect, tied to the place or data asked about.
(D) Explain Explain one negative environmental consequence of the Green Revolution. [1 point]
Explain means: Say how or why, with every link of the chain: a cause, then because or so, then its effect, tied to the place or data asked about.
(E) Explain Explain one reason the Green Revolution raised food output less in much of Sub-Saharan Africa than in South Asia. [1 point]
Explain means: Say how or why, with every link of the chain: a cause, then because or so, then its effect, tied to the place or data asked about.
(F) Compare Compare the seeds of the Green Revolution with genetically modified (GMO) crops. [1 point]
Compare means: Give a similarity or a difference and say it about both things, not one.
(G) Explain the degree Explain the degree to which the Green Revolution supports the neo-Malthusian argument that gains in food supply may not last. [1 point]
Explain the degree means: State the degree first (to a high, moderate or low degree), then explain why with evidence.