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Agriculture Articles:

For each article below,  answer the questions that go with it on a separate sheet of paper.

1.      Pictures Show How Modern Life Is Altering the Natural World

 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2017/01/edward-burtynsky-earth-human-landscapes/

a.        List five examples of how modern life is altering the natural world.

b.      How can this be viewed as a positive action?

c.       Click on his website (link at the end of the article)

a.       Choose 5 pictures from his galleries.  Answer the questions below for each picture:

                                                                           i.      Where is the picture taken?

                                                                         ii.      What does the picture show?

                                                                        iii.      Comments??

2.      South America's Amazonia Blurs the Present and the Past

 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/02/modern-amazonia-wilderness-tribes/

a.       Define Cultural Appropriation.

b.      Give five examples of cultural appropriation from the article.

c.       Using our documentary, “Out of Eden” as evidence how can the Amazon’s cultural appropriation be seen as a positive?

3.      Iran's Centuries-Old Windmills May Soon Stop Turning

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/nashtifan-iran-windmills/

a.        Watch the video and write down three interesting facts

b.      Read the article:

                                                               i.      When were they built? 

                                                             ii.      What was their power used for?

                                                            iii.      Why are they seen as useless today?

4.       The Citrus Family Tree

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/02/explore-food-citrus-genetics/

a.        What are the 5 ancestral species of citrus?

b.      Pick four of the offspring that you have iehter eaten or heard of:

                                                               i.      What is its lineage (i.e.  who are the parents of that variety?

c.        How long has citrus existed?

d.      Where did citrus originate?

e.      Why do citrus breeders believe it will be around for a long time?

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