Agriculture Test 2.0
On a global scale most organic products are sold in
North America and Europe
____________has increased its production by 20% per year for the last twenty years.
Organic agriculture
Which combination of animals was domesticated in Southwest Asia?
Sheep and goat
What area of the world first incorporated domestication of both plants and animals?
Southeast Asia
Which region is not a major dairy producing area?
Southeast United States
All of the following were vegetative planting (root crop) hearths except
Southwest Asia
Township and range land division system most closely resembles what type of geometric pattern on the landscape
Square.
The region of the world that benefited the least from the Green Revolution was
Sub-Saharan Africa
Today circular rural settlements are most commonly associated with
Sub-Saharan Africa
In the last twenty years the region of the world that has experienced a decline in food production compared to population growth is
Sub-Saharan Africa.
acquaculture
The practice of raising fish and other water-dwelling organisms for food
All of the following are ways for a country or region to increase the food supply except
increase farm subsidies
The trend whereby large corporations buy and control many different steps in a food-processing industry is commonly referred to as
agribusiness.
livestock ranch
an extensive commercial agricultural activity that involves the raising of livestock over vast geographic spaces typically located in semi-arid climates like the American West
Pastoral nomads and livestock ranchers both
operate most efficiently in similar climates
Pastoral nomads potentially contribute to desertification by
overgrazing
is not an example of intensive commercial agriculture
paddy rice farming
Extensive subsistence agriculture predominates in
semi-arid deserts
Using von Thunen's model as a basis for analysis, assume New York City is the single market for the United States, market gardening would be located in
southeastern states
The two most widely used and distributed Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) crops are
soybeans and corn.
The main difference between coffee and tea is that
tea is consumed where it is produced.
The land division system most responsible for dispersed rural settlements in many parts of the United States is the
township and range system
Herders who seasonally move their animals between mountain pastures and lowland valleys practice
transhumance
In upland areas where plantation agriculture is present, what are the two most common crops grown?
Bananas and tea.
What area in Canada is most productive for timber?
British Columbia
What geographic factor best explains why a piece of land is used intensively or extensively for agriculture?
Distance to the market.
What best characterizes intensive commercial agriculture?
Due to globalization and competition, profit margins have decreased.
is not a major wheat producing state
Iowa
In recent years what type of agricultural practice has been most responsible for deforestation of the rain forest in parts of Central and South America?
Livestock ranching
Boserup's basic thesis
Population increase would be accompanied by an increase in how intensely land would be used
What has been the trend with respect to dairy farming in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) since the 1970s?
Production has increased as a total percent of world production levels.
What type of diffusion is most closely associated with the Columbian Exchange?
Relocation diffusion
What activities typifies extensive commercial agriculture
Wheat and grain farming and Livestock ranching.
What advantages do cattle feedlots have over traditional methods of livestock ranching?
a. Feedlots combine a number of steps in the meat packing industry in one location. b. Feedlots are more efficient at adding weight to cattle. c. Feedlots reduce transportation costs of cattle prior to being slaughtered. d. Feedlots reduce transportation costs of the finished product.
Market gardening dominates in
a. New Jersey and Delaware. b. parts of Florida. c. the west coast of Michigan. d. the Central Valley of California.
Many farmers in New England turned to specialty farming, such as growing mushrooms, asparagus, herbs, and nursery plants because
dairy farming has become less profitable due to lower milk prices per unit and increasing operating costs.
Suitcase farms are most associated most with
grain farming
Pastoral nomads
groups of herders who move with their animals from place to place in search of pasture and water
Due to increased interregional migration, an increasing percent of vegetables in China are being produced
in urban plots.
Technology essential for intensive subsistence agriculture is
irrigation
Growing or raising a single specialty crop on large tracts of land is called
monoculture
Many feed fattening farms (feedlots) have located in the southeast and west of the United States because of
proximity to growing markets in the south and west and less severe weather.
not a characteristics of pastoral nomads
they only consume animal products and animal by-products
The single most important factor contributing to rural land use patterns for most of the Great Plains in the United States is a result of the
township and range land survey system