Intro to geog ch 9

Three categories of economic activities included in the quaternary sector of the economy include

Information, research, management

Which of the following is not characteristic of truck farms

They are classified as extensive commercial agriculture

Stages of economic development, although not always recognizable in a given country, include

age of mass production and consumption

_____ is the breeding of fish in freshwater ponds, lakes, and canals or in fenced-off coastal bays and estuaries or enclosures

aquaculture

Which one of the following characteristics is most unique to intensive subsistence agriculture

large input of labor on small plots of land

Which one of the following types of farming is classified as extensive commercial

livestock ranching

The production of metallic minerals in market economies is strongly influenced by the

quantity of ore available, richness of the ore, and distance to market

Which of the following is not a primary activity

shipping

Which of the following regions is not an area with naturally fertile soils

Central Australia

As a type of economic system, nomadic herding is

Declining

The negative effects of large-scale agriculture include

Depopulation if rural areas

The negative effects of large-scale commercial agriculture include

Depopulation of rural areas

According to the von thusen model, the most important determinant of the pattern of agricultural production is the

Distance between the market and the production site

Because agricultural soil depletion and drought have rendered farming uncertain, nomadic herding has become an increasingly important type of livelihood system.

False

Fishing, farming, and mining at gathering industries

False

Livestock ranching, traditionally characteristic of tropical developing countries, is slowly becoming part of mid-latitude farm economies

False

The maximum sustainable yield of a resource is the yield that cannot be exceeded

False

The vin Thunen model is based on the observation that the value of agricultural land is determined based on soil fertility and climate

False

Nomadic herding is an example of intensive subsistence agriculture

False (extensive)

Sustainable agriculture adherents emphasize an increase in

Farm diversification

All of the following statements about agriculture in market economic systems are true EXCEPT

In response to low crop prices and overproduction, it is being replaced by intensive subsistence farming

The vast majority of increase in all grain production worldwide is due to the

Increase in yield

The green revolution

Increases output through use of high-yielding crop varieties and altered management practices

The Ganges in India and Chang Jiang (Yangtze) in China are river valleys with concentrations of

Intensive subsistence agriculture

The model of agricultural location that stated that a set of concentric rings of different farm products developed around each major urban market was created by

Johann Heinrich von thusen

Which is not a type of shifting cultivation

Maquiladoras

Which of the following is not one of the three major types of economic systems?

Preindustrial

Which statement about world grain production is TRUE

Since the 1970s, production has outpaced population growth.

The term used to describe damage done to a public area, such as overfishing and environmental damage to the open seas is known as

Tradgedy of the commons

A subsistence economic system implies nearly total self sufficiency of its members

True

Types of shifting cultivation include Swidden, slash-and-burn, milpa, ladang

True

In 2008, half of the world's acreage of genetically modified (GM) crops was in which country?

United states

Which of the following statements regarding the role of women in agriculture is not correct

Women farmers share equally with men farmers in the rewards from agriculture

Secondary industries are concerned with

adding value to materials by changing their form or combining them into more useful commodities

Most of the commercial marine fishing is concentrated

in the northern waters where warm and cool currents join and mix

All of the following statements about nomadic herding are true EXCEPT that it

is increasing in importance as a the population dependent on it increases

All of the following statements about nomadic herding are true except that it

is increasing in importance as a the population dependent on it increases

Mediterranean agriculture is

known for grapes, olives, oranges and figs

The defining characteristic of subsistence agriculture is

production for immediate household needs

Which Of the following statements about shifting or Swidden cultivation is true

to maintain soil fertility, farmers rotate fields

The production of low-value minerals is closely controlled by

transportation cost from deposit to market