HIS109Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Food Regimes, Permaculture, Pediculosis
University of Toronto Department of Geography
GGR 107Y – Environment, Food, and People
Fall 2016
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EXAM EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Short Answer Example Questions:
What are some key concepts or components that help us understand a pesos oldie? That is,
what are some ways we can understand how worldviews might differ?
What is critical thinking? Why is it important in the context of food geography?
Explain the difference between sterotyping, discrimination, and structural oppression.
What is a food sste? Eplai the diffeee etee dominant ad alteatie food sstes,
using examples from the course material.
What is a food commodity chain? Using an example from the lectures or the readings, briefly explain
each stage in the commodity chain.
Idetif ad eplai the food egies e hae tasitioed though since 1700.
Drawing on exaples fo the ouse ateial, eplai hat Lie eas he she sas food is always
loall eedded.
If post-podutiis is the e food egie, h ist eeoe doig it?
What are some tactics used by actors in food commodity chains to increase their profit? Give examples
from the course material of at least three tactics.
Explain how early trade in sugar and tea was connected to colonialism. Are any of those connections
still seen today?
How did Indigenous growers overcome the biophysical constraints associated with growing corn? How
does this diffe fo the tehiues used aistea faes i Caada to overcome these same
constraints today?
What are some issues and conflicts that have arisen in relation to the cultivation of wild rice? How do
these connect to differing worldviews of Indigenous and non-Indigenous (settler) peoples?
Usig eaples fo the ouse, eplai hat To Weis eas he he sas mechanization and the
pusuit of eooies of sale deolished agiultues historic organizing imperatives, and substituted
a etiel diffeet ogaizatioal logi: iologial siplifiatio ad stadadizatio.
Differentiate between neo-Malthusian and anti-Malthusian perspectives on population growth and food
supply. Drawing on the course material, can you give examples where either (or both) perspectives
appear to be true?
Why is meat (and particularly beef) seen by some as a food with particularly high environmental costs?
Is this invariably the case, and why or why not?
What are some benefits of incorporating animals into agriculture, beyond the animal products (e.g.,
meat, milk, and eggs) themselves?
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