Food and Agriculture Quiz

The earliest known domesticated wheat, barley, and rice crops are thought to have originated in Asia

10,000 years ago.

There are currently about ________ million farmers in the United States.

2

Which statement is incorrect with respect to hunting and gathering?

A sizeable percentage of the world's contemporary population still engages in hunting and gathering.

Which of the following was not an important agricultural hearth?

Australia

Which nation is currently responsible for one-third of the global yield of fish?

China

Roughly half of the world's undernourished people reside in

China and India

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding agriculture?

Commercial agriculture tends to employ relatively few people in developed countries.

North Africa and Southwest Asia is dominated by what form of agriculture?

Pastoral nomadism

Which nation has the highest caloric consumption in the world?

United States

The Agricultural Revolution began because of

a combination of environmental and cultural factors

hunting and gathering societies

are found in isolated places in the world.

The agricultural practice most dependent on being close to consumers is

dairy farming

Which of the following is NOT an agricultural region found in developing countries?

dairying

The largest proportion of farmers in Asia practice

intensive subsistence

Food security, as defined by the United Nations, is

physical, social and economic access at all times to safe and nutritious food.

Consumption of food is dependent upon all of the following variables EXCEPT

race

Geographer Derwent Whittlesey has identified 11 main agricultural regions. Which agricultural region important in developing countries covers the most surface area in the Southern Hemisphere?

shifting cultivation

Farming for the primary purpose of feeding one's family is known as

subsistence agriculture

in contrast to practitioners of agriculture, hunters and gatherers

travel frequently

Which of the following tools will most likely be used in subsistence agriculture?

wooden plow and oxen