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- 1. Multiple Choice
Soil conservation includes all of the following EXCEPT_______.
Desertification
Contour plowing
No-till agriculture
Crop rotation
- 2. Multiple Choicehow many agriculture revolutions have occured?1234
- 3. Multiple Choicewhy are dairy items in the first ring, according to Von Thunen?heavy weight to transportfast perishable time of productneeds lots of spacecows are expensive
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich country is the world's largest producer of wheat?CanadaRussiaIndiaUSA
- 5. Multiple Choicewhat crop do famers in the us grow the most?cornoatswheatbarley
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of farming is practiced to produce food for sale off the farm?Commercialsubsistenceseedvegetative
- 7. Multiple Choiceagriculture is best defined ashunting and gatheringaltering genetic material of plantscultivation of plants/domesticating animalsusing technology to increase production
- 8. Multiple Choice
An agricultural activity involving the raising of livestock, most commonly cows and goats, for dairy products such as milk, cheese, and butter.
Dairying
Milk Farming
Cheesing
Milkshed
- 9. Multiple Choice
A large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a more developed country.
Intensive Agriculture
Plantation Agriculture
Monoculture
Subsistence Agriculture
- 10. Multiple Choice
Agriculture designed primarily to provide food for direct consumption by the farmer and the farmer's family
Commercial Agriculture
Subsistence Agriculture
Shifting Cultivation
Family Farming
- 11. Multiple Choice
Foods that are mostly products or organisms that have their genes altered in a laboratory for specific purposes, such as disease resistant, increased productivity, or nutrients value.
Altered Crops
Cash Cropping
Genetically Modified Organisms
Organic Agriculture
- 12. Multiple Choice
An agricultural activity associated with the raising of domesticated animals, such as cattle, horses, sheep, and goats.
Animal Husbandry
Monoculture
Horticulture
Shifting Cultivation
- 13. Multiple Choice
Theory that a commercial farmer will decide which crops to grow and which livestock to raise depending on the proximity to market.
Von Thunen Model
Gravity Model
Dependency Model
World Systems Theory
- 14. Multiple Choice
This effort began in the 1940s and developed new strains of hybrid seeds and fertilizers that dramatically increased the crop output possible from each farm.
Agricultural Revolution
Second Agricultural Revolution
First Agricultural Revolution
Green Revolution
- 15. Multiple Choice
Diverse specialty crops such as grapes, avocados, olives, and a host of nuts, fruits, and vegetables comprise profitable agricultural operations.
Suitcase Farming
Truck Farming
Market Gardening
Mediterranean Agriculture
- 16. Multiple Choice
A crop grown for direct sale rather than for livestock feed.
Commercial Crops
Plantation Farming
Luxury Crops
Agribusiness
- 17. Multiple Choice
A chemical intended to kill insects and other organisms that damage crops.
Herbacide
Pesticide
GMO
Fertilizer
- 18. Multiple Choice
Commercial agriculture characterized by integration of different steps in the food-processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporations.
Cash cropping
Terraced Farming
Sustainability
Agribusiness
- 19. Multiple Choice
Hillside fields cut in step-like strips for farming
Slash and Burn Agriculture
Swidden Agriculture
Terraced Farming
Shifting Cultivation
- 20. Multiple Choice
The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world during the 1500s.
Transhumance
Columbian Exchange
Old World
New World Order
- 21. Multiple Choice
the use of natural substances rather than chemical fertilizers and pesticides to enrich the soil and grow crops
Non-GMO
Organic Farming
Sustainability
Earth Farming
- 22. Multiple Choice
Movement of animal herd to cooler highland areas in the summer to warmer lowland areas in the winter.
Suitcase Farming
Nomads
Transhumance
Shifting Cultivation
- 23. Multiple Choice
Raising of domesticated animals for food or items like leather
Slash and Burn Agriculture
Livestock Ranching
Steer Raising
Animaling
- 24. Multiple Choice
Subsistence agriculture in which farmers must expend a relative large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasible yield from a pared of land.
Intensive Agriculture
Extensive Agriculture
Labor Agriculture
Monoculture
- 25. Multiple Choice
A way of supplying water to an area of land.
Irrigation
Canaling
Diversion
Overgrazing
- 26. Multiple Choice
What farming practice involves growing trees to sell for lumber?
Dendrillia
Ranching
Agriculture
Forestry
- 27. Multiple Choice
When does the government subsidize prices or pay for farmers to have empty fields?
want to donate the surplus to LDCs
they don't do that because we are a free market system
The government plays no role in agricutlure
to compensate for overproduction to prevent inflation
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not commercial farming?
Pastoral nomadism
Agribusiness
Mediterranean
Livestock and Cattle Ranching
- 29. Multiple Choice
What agriculture do we primarily find in LDC's?
Mediterranean
plantations
truck/fruit farming
dairy farming
- 30. Multiple Choice
What type of agriculture is practiced by the largest percentage of the world's people?
pastoral nomadism
hunting and gathering
dairying
intensive subsistence
- 31. Multiple ChoiceThe second agricultural revolution coincided withthe Industrial Revolution.the first wave of European migrationImperialismthe Enlightenment.
- 32. Multiple Choice
Where did Agriculture originate?
Africa
China
Multiple hearths
Fertile Crescent
- 33. Multiple Choice
How did humans obtain food before the Agricultural Revolution?
Hunting animals and following migrating herds
Hunting and Gathering
Subsistance harvesting of local plants such as fruits and berries.
Humans wer opportunistic harvesters, taking available vegetables and fruits as they found them.
- 34. Multiple Choice
The set of economic and political relationships that organize food production for commercial purposes.
Agribusiness
Commercial agriculture
Eco-cultivation
Corporate geopolitical transactions
- 35. Multiple Choice
MDCs have a low number of farmers resulting in
High yields despite the low numbers because the farmers use technology and modern techniques to maximize harvests.
High yields because the low number of farmers produce more than a high number of farmers.
Lower yields because there are less people to wok on agricultural lands.
Lower yield because of desertification and soil erosion.
- 36. Multiple Choice
Boserup's model states that food production will increase to meet a rising population because
Farmers will adapt to rising demand and develop new methods to increase food production.
Boserup's model states that food will fail to meet the increased demand resulting in undernourishment and death for millions of people.
Life always finds a way.
The needs to the many outweigh the needs to the few. The majority of people will dictate where food resources are allocated.
- 37. Multiple Choice
Specifically, how do farmers clear the land for shifting cultivation?
Farmers use machines to cut the trees down and clear the debris. The debris is then burned and the ash is used to fertilize the next rotation of crops.
Farmers slash the vegetation and burn the debris
Farmers rotate crops every year to make sure that the land remains productive and does not go fallow.
Farmers use modern technology and advanced farming techniques to maximize production on their farms.
- 38. Multiple Choice
What is fallow soil?
Soil that is left uncultivated so that it can rest and regenerate nutrients.
Soil that has been depleted on nutrients.
The process of desertification.
Soil that has been cleared and fertilized by a process called shifting agriculture.
- 39. Multiple Choice
Raising and cultivating fish and shellfish in controlled bodies of water is known as
Fish Farms
Ocean Farms
Aquaculture
Commercial Fisheries
- 40. Multiple Choice
In arid climates, like Southern California and the Middle East, ________________________ can cause the soil to become salty and infertile.
erosion
topsoil loss
salinization
droughts
- 41. Multiple Choice
Where would animal grazing take place in the von Thunen model?
First ring
Second ring
Third ring
Fourth ring
- 42. Multiple Choice
According to von Thunen, the regional geography of agriculture is determined by
land area
rent
availability of material input
cultural preferences
- 43. Multiple Choice
What factor does not contribute to the variation in food consumption around the world?
development level of a country
physical conditions such as climate
cultural preferences
absolute location
- 44. Multiple Choice
Which concept is NOT related to GMO?
Using science to create the "Perfect" food
Using high intensity pesticides to kill any bugs that could damage the food
Utilizing local farmers to sell crops to the communtiies that they live close to
Utilizing big corporations to help sell and spread GMO products all over the USA
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