APHG Agricultural Test Review
The percentage of the labor force in the United States that works directly in agriculture is
2-5%
Shifting cultivation is a threatened form of agriculture because of
A and b only
The enclosure movement alter the geography in agricultural practices a rule England by
A and b only
What conclusion can one make with regard to the connection between the second agricultural evolution in the industrial revolution
A and b only
What was the advantage of domesticating animals
All of the above
Another name for pastoral nomadism is
And and B only
Subsistence agriculture dominates in
Less developed countries
Agriculture is associated with the
Primary sector of the economy
Which combination of animals was domesticated in southwest Asia
Sheep and goat
Shifting cultivation is still practiced in many parts of
South America
Which region is not a major dairy producing area
South east United States
What area of the world first incorporated domestication of plants and animals
Southeast Asia
Agriculture first diffused to Europe from
Southwest Asia
All of the following were vegetative planting hearths except
Southwest Asia
Growing enough food to feed your family is an example of
Subsistence agriculture
The modern definition of agriculture includes
The deliberate domestication of plants and animals
All of the following are characteristics of pastoral nomads except
The only consume animal products and animal by products
Pastoral nomadism still a dominant way of life in many parts of
Central Asia
Extensive subsistence agriculture predominates in
Semi arid deserts
Dairy farmers locate near urban areas because
A and B only
Pastoral nomads predominate in
A and B only
Swidden agriculture refers to
A and B only
What activity typifies extensive commercial agriculture
A and B only
Which of the following are statements is most accurate concerning the invention of agriculture
A and B only
According to Carl Sauer, what best characterized the invention of plant domestication
All of the above
Agriculture is effected by all of the following except
All of the above
How did the second agricultural revolution improve agricultural production
All of the above
Pastoral nomadism is a threatened way of life because
All of the above
Strategies used to increase the supply of food for a country could include
All of the above
The major difference between subsistence and commercial agriculture is
All of the above
Which famous cultural geographer your eyes that the invention of agriculture took place in multiple hearths
Carl Sauer
Pastoral nomads do not typically herd
Cattle
Which pairing of animals in region is not correct
Cattle- South Asia
All of the following are environmental impacts of commercial farming except
Contribution to the urban heat island effect
What geographic factor best explains why a piece of land is used intensively or extensively for agriculture
Distance to the market
What agricultural technique allows subsistence farmers in tropical and sub tropical areas to support a large population with a small amount of arable land
Double cropping
What best characterizes intensive commercial agriculture
Due to globalization and competition profit margin have decreased
_____ did not contain agricultural hearth
Europe
Livestock ranching and pastoral nomadism both
Exist in environments too hard for crop production
European evolved from forming a single field in early medieval times to rotating crops into how many different sections for field by the 18th century
Four
Humans survived prior to the invention of agriculture by engaging in
Hunting and gathering
The most practiced economic activity in the world is
Intensive subsistence agriculture
The process by which people engage in shifting cultivation plant crops of varying heights in order to protect lower crops is called
Intertillage
Technology essential or intensive subsistence agriculture is
Irrigation
The primary purpose or agriculture is to
Make a profit
Pastoral nomads potentially contribute to desertification by
Overgrazing
All of the following are examples of intensive commercial agriculture except
Paddy rice farming
The agricultural practice most commonly associated with intensive subsistence agriculture is
Paddy rice farming
Which statement to whittlessey's agricultursl regions map is no longer applicable
Plantation agriculture doesn't exist in North America
All of the following are characteristics of shifting cultivation except
Primogentic land ownership dominates shifting cultivation societies
What type of diffusion is most clearly associated with the Colombian exchange
Relocation diffusion
Which of the following are examples of extensive subsistence agriculture
Slash and burn agriculture and nomadic herding
The second agricultural revolution coincided with
The industrial revolution
According to Carl sauer, why did vegetative planting first start in Southeast Asia
The regions high biodiversity allowed people to become more sedentary
All of the following are true regarding contemporary hunting and gathering except
Their way of life is preserved by many governments
When comparing the Koppen climate regions map with the Whittlessey agricultural regions map one can conclude that
There is a direct relationship between the patterns on both maps
All of the following are aspects of commercial agriculture except
There is little relationship to other businesses
Herders who Seasonally move their animals between mountain pastures and lowland valleys practice
Transhumance
Why do societies practice shifting cultivation only form the same plot of land for 1 to 2 years
Tropical souls are nutrient poor
All of the following are types of subsistence agriculture except
Truck farming