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Where would you expect to see pastoral nomadism practiced?
Southwest, Central, and East Asia
North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Latin America
Southeast Asia
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Where would you expect to see shifting cultivation practiced?
Southwest, Central, and East Asia
North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Latin America
Southeast Asia
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Where would you expect to see plantation agriculture practiced?
Central Europe
Midwestern U.S. and Canada
Sub-Saharan Africa
Latin America
South and Southeast Asia
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Where would you expect to see grain farming practiced?
North Central United States
South Central Canada
Eastern Europe
Southeastern United States
Southeastern Australia
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Where would you expect to see intensive subsistence practiced?
Near large populations
In the middle of nowhere
Central Asia
Southern Africa
South, Southeast, and East Asia
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The result of overgrazing in semi-arid climates isenvironmental modificationdesertificationaquaculturedesalination
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Farmers that produce food that they need to survive on a daily basis are calledCommercial agricultureIndustrial agricultureSlash-and-burn agriculturesubsistence agriculture
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which type of agriculture is found primarily in developing countries?PlantationTruck farmingMediterraneanLivestock ranching
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.All of the following are types of subsistence agriculture EXCEPTpastoral nomadism.shifting cultivation.swidden agriculturetruck farming
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Physiological density is defined asthe average farm production compared to arable land.the number of farmers as compared to the total population.the number of people compared to arable land.the number of farms compared to the total land area.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Where is commercial agricultural found?Developing CountriesDeveloped Countries
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.According to Carl Sauer, there are two distinctive types of agriculturevegetative planting and double-croppingshifting cultivation and vegetative plantingvegetative planting and seed agricultureslash-and-burn agriculture and double-cropping
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Agricultural hearths developed in four areas around the world EXCEPTCentral AmericaEastern EuropeNorthwestern South AmericaWestern Africa
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following agricultural products are NOT cash crops?cocoacoffeecottoncorn
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Pastoral nomadism is:supported by agribusiness.capital-intensive.centered around cash crop production.found mostly in less-developed countries.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Commercial agriculture practiced in the tropics is calledIntensive subsistence agricultureplantation agricultureshifting cultivationpaddy rice farming
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Amount of crops produced per unit areaDietFamineMalnutritionYield
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Refers to land that can be used to grow cropsDesertificationDomesticatedArableOverharvesting
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Process by which human activities or climate change make areas more desert-likeDesertificationDomesticatedArableOverharvesting
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Raising of aquatic plants or animals for human useAquacultureOverharvestingArableFamine
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What three grains provide most of the world's calories?rice, soybean, corncassava, soybean, wheatbarley, oats, cornwheat, corn, rice
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which type of soil conservation strategy is being used in this picture?windbreakscontour plowingalley croppingterracing
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The result of overgrazing in semi-arid climates isenvironmental modificationdesertificationaquaculturedesalination
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which crop is associated with intensive agriculture?CornRiceWheatCotton
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Farmers that produce food that they need to survive on a daily basis are calledCommercial agricultureIndustrial agricultureSlash-and-burn agriculturesubsistence agriculture
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following statements is true?Only animals have hearths.Only crops have hearths.Different animals and crops emerged from different hearths.All domesticated animals emerged from the same hearth.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Typically, slash & burn agriculture leads to:shifting cultivationplantation farmingaquaculturepastoralism
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Truck farming typically includes the sale of:fishfruitslivestocksoybeans
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following crops is produced in large amounts in the United States?cassavacoffeericewheat
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The Earth area of permanent human settlement is called the ____________.ecumenehot zonegeophenomcivilized world