Unit Test Full Questions

Tractors first were manufactured on a large scale in the year _____.

1902

Primary regions where subsistence agriculture is practiced include all of the following places except __________.

Canada

Based on the map above, which of the following statements is accurate?

Coffee is grown in tropical climates along the Equator.

Agriculture has no impact on the levels of organic content in soil because organic matter is plowed back into the soil every year.

False

Which of the following statements best characterizes changes to agriculture in the United States since 1900?

Increased mechanization has reduced the need for labor.

Which of the following statements about economic activity levels is false?

Marketing agricultural products is a secondary economic activity.

Which of the following statements is true?

Most countries have enough arable land and resources to feed their own population and export a surplus.

__________ most often limits product availability for consumers.

Transportation

Which of the following is not one of the three important developments that was made in agriculture in the past 50 years?

a growing labor force

Which of the following areas is best suited for livestock ranching?

drier climates

In 2009, agricultural production in Africa had __________ since 1960.

decreased by 10%

The lack of __________ is a central problem in malnourishment.

protein

Characteristics of subsistence farming include all of the following except __________.

the use of pesticides

Worldwide, the United States is __________ in agricultural exports and __________ in agricultural production.

third . . . first

Shifting cultivation is best described as __________.

abandoning land as soon as the soil begins to degrade

Mediterranean climates are ideal for growing all of the following except __________.

grapes

All of the following are typical challenges faced by limited-resource farmers except __________.

having larger-than-average farms, but not having the equipment to farm them effectively

All of the following are concerns with regard to agricultural production and its effect on the environment except __________.

increased water scarcity

Japan can afford to import agricultural products that cannot be grown locally because it has an advanced __________ economy

industrialized

A limited-resource farmer __________.

lacks access to capital and labor

A food product that has to be imported into a country for that country's consumption most often becomes __________.

more expensive

Irrigation machinery has __________ the amount of irrigated land in the US.

quadrupled

Soil degradation, rising population, water scarcity, and a lack of capital put which of the following regions at the greatest risk for famine and malnutrition?

sub-Saharan Africa

The world's largest producer of corn is __________.

the USA

Which of the following factors most often prohibits food from getting to those who need it in many underdeveloped countries?

war and political corruption