agriculture

All palm oil farmers are unhappy with their jobs, and would rather be practicing a different type of agriculture.

false

The Green Revolution failed to close the "yield gap" for all of the following reasons except

farmers are unwilling to adopt green revolution technology

Where does the majority of calorie loss in MDCs occur?

in homes, restaurants, and stores

The two competing views discussed in "The Next Green Revolution" can be summarized as "high-tech" and "low-tech". Which pairing correctly matches the two regions discussed, with the view each has seemingly chosen?

Southeast Asia: High Tech sub-Saharan Africa: Low Tech

Which of the following ranked as the lowest influence on what customers bought according to the survey?

a socially responsible company

Subsistence agriculture dominates in

less developed countries

After corn, the most important crop in the U.S. mixed crop and livestock region is

soybeans.

What percentage of packaged supermarket products contain palm oil?

approx. 50%

To increase crop yields, farmers in South China commonly practice

double cropping

Who was the top importer of palm oil in 1964?

Europe

Why is the Green Revolution not sustainable?

Farmers rely heavily on water and fossil fuel based chemicals

All are true about genetically modified crops EXCEPT

GM crops reduce agriculture's imprint on the natural environment

All of the following factors have contributed to to rising demand of aquaculture EXCEPT

Growth of wild fish populations

All but which of the following companies get the majority of their palm oil from "certified sustainable" sources?

Pepsico

Who imports the most palm oil today?

India

Which of the following styles of diets makes the most efficient use of farmland (feeds the greatest amount of people per acre)?

Indian

Which statement explains why pastoral nomads move from place to place with their cattle?

It has been proven to be an effective method of subsistence agriculture in the semi arid region in which they live.

Other than food for people, what are the rest of crop calories used for.

Livestock Feed and Biofuels

Which of the following is not part of the polyculture practiced in British Columbia

Shrimp

Which global region produce the greatest percentage of crop calories for food?

South Asia

What type of agriculture is replacing the local sugar cane production around Mozambique?

Soy

The most important large-scale commercial wheat producing countries in the world include all of the following except

Switzerland.

According to the United Nations, half of the world's population growth is predicted to occur in sub-Saharan Africa, which Human Geography concept is this most closely related to?

The Demographic Transition Model

The Blue and Green revolutions are similar in all of the following ways EXCEPT

They both only have had an impact in MDCs

which was one result of the development of cool chains?

They increased the distance that fresh fruits and vegetables could travel

In which group of countries are GMOs used the most widely in agriculture?

United States, Brazil, and Argentina

The Green Revolution involved all of the following EXCEPT

a decreased use of pesticides

Which issue is an important concern for both aquaculture and feed lots?

animal waste

Hunting and gathering societies

are found in isolated places in the world.

The most important reason why most farmers in northeast China grow crops other than wet rice is

climate

The different areas of the world where Mediterranean agriculture predominates have similar

climate.

Define the idea of "outgrowers"

crops sold to agribusiness that are not grown on corporate land

Shifting cultivation is most commonly found in which climate region?

humid low-latitude

Defenders of shifting cultivation use all of the following to say it is the best approach for the tropics EXCEPT

it requires a lot of land to feed a small number of people

Which of the following is the most common form of commercial agriculture in Europe?

mixed crop and livestock farming

Ranching is practiced in a climate region most similar to that of which other type of agriculture?

pastoral nomadism

The farther a dairy farm is from a large urban area the lower the percentage of output devoted to fresh milk. This occurs primarily because

processed milk is less perishable.

von Thunen's agricultural land use model assumes all of the following except

subsistance farmers participation in the market

Which aspect of von Thunen's Model has changed as a result of developments in transportation?

the width of the rings has increased

One environmental criticism of GM seeds/crops is that

they encourage use of synthetic fertilizers, whose production and use cause pollution

Conservation of Indonesia's rainforest ecosystem is more valuable than its cultivation in all of the following areas EXCEPT

timber

The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures is

transhumance

Sustainable agriculture uses all of the following practices EXCEPT

use of pesticide resistant seed to produce higher yields.

What percentage of the world's crop land lies in Africa?

25%

Which of the following has been an economic impact of the Green Revolution in Southeast Asia?

Grain prices fell despite a population (demand) increase for much of the late 1900s

Farmland preservationists traditionally define prime farmland based only on

soil quality

Only about 15 million people are nomads, but they sparsely occupy

20 percent of the Earth's land area

The estimated damage from Sumatra's fires includes all of the following EXCEPT

100% loss of tropical rainforest habitat

Geographer Derwent Whittlesey divided the world into ________ agricultural regions (not including his area of nonexistent agriculture). ____ were classified as found in MDCs and ________ as found in LDCs.

11; 6; 5

Based upon the bid rent curve (linked) in which zone should corn be grown?

4.5 to 7.6 miles

Which of the following is NOT a cause of soil degradation associated with agriculture?

Aquifer depletion

What percentage of global crop calories directly feed people?

55%

All but which of the following agricultural practices are major sources of greenhouse gas pollutants?

CO2 released by agribusiness

This image represents the changes brought about by the

Enclosure Acts

What seems to be the biggest advantage of aquaculture over traditional land based livestock

Fish generally need much less food to grow and be sustained than livestock

Which area of the United States produce the greatest percentage of crop calories for food?

Florida

"yield gaps" are of particular concern in which of the following regions I: Africa II: Eastern Europe III: Latin America

I, II, and III

Intensive wet rice farming is the dominant type of agriculture in I) Southeast China II) East India III) most of Southeast Asia

I, II, and III

Which of the following has aided 20th century commercial farmers in MDCs? I) transportation improvements II) scientific advances III) electronics

I, II, and III

Boserup theorized that when population increased in a subsistence agriculturally based community the level of technology and labor efforts must

Increase to meet the demands of increased population pressures.

Which of the following pair of countries lead the world in palm oil production today?

Indonesia & Malaysia

Cobia is a popular fish to raise with aquaculture for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

It consumes other fish

In Tanzania GM crops are not used, what alternative was chosen to positively impact the area economically and environmentally?

Planting a variety of crops

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.

In which state or province is the long lot land division most common?

Quebec

Which best describes a change in agriculture that shows the clearest impact of development of agribusiness?

The networks for production and distribution have become more efficient

Why do different regions of the United States specialize in different dairy products?

Their relative location with respect to the milkshed.

In the winter wheat area, the crop is planted in

autumn and harvested in summer.

Farmers in LDCs choose to grow drug crops for export

based on their market value in MDCs.

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.

What is the main reason we will need to double the food supply by 2050?

developing countries are becoming more prosperous, and demanding a N. American style diet.

Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Mesoamerica, and the Sub-Saharan regions were all

hearths of plant domestication

Farmers in more developed and less developed countries share which of the following problems?

inadequate income

All of the following are ways for a country or region to increase the food supply EXCEPT

increase farm subsidies.

Which type of agriculture is practiced by the largest percentage of the world's people?

intensive subsistence

The majority of cleared forestland is used for _____.

livestock grain production

What is the purpose of crop rotation?

maintaining the fertility of fields

As a result of the Columbian Exchange, which crop was transferred to Europe from the Americas and later spread through the world?

maize

The primary purpose of commercial agriculture is to

make a profit

The primary factor in von Thünen's model for choosing commercial farm products is

market location.

Mozambique allocates 7% of its arable land for forestry, biofuels, and sugarcane, which of the following is a potential problem with this policy?

production of cash crops makes the farmers prosperity solely dependent on global demand.

The decline in the number of farmers in MDCs can best be described as a consequence of

push/pull economic factors.

Less developed countries generate funds to promote development through

selling export crops.

Which of the following pairs are the most common alternatives to palm oil?

soybean and rapeseed

The cultivation of plants by cutting stems and dividing roots is

vegetative planting.