Agriculture Test 2.0

On a global scale most organic products are sold in

North America and Europe

____________has increased its production by 20% per year for the last twenty years.

Organic agriculture

Which combination of animals was domesticated in Southwest Asia?

Sheep and goat

What area of the world first incorporated domestication of both plants and animals?

Southeast Asia

Which region is not a major dairy producing area?

Southeast United States

All of the following were vegetative planting (root crop) hearths except

Southwest Asia

Township and range land division system most closely resembles what type of geometric pattern on the landscape

Square.

The region of the world that benefited the least from the Green Revolution was

Sub-Saharan Africa

Today circular rural settlements are most commonly associated with

Sub-Saharan Africa

In the last twenty years the region of the world that has experienced a decline in food production compared to population growth is

Sub-Saharan Africa.

acquaculture

The practice of raising fish and other water-dwelling organisms for food

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

increase farm subsidies

The trend whereby large corporations buy and control many different steps in a food-processing industry is commonly referred to as

agribusiness.

livestock ranch

an extensive commercial agricultural activity that involves the raising of livestock over vast geographic spaces typically located in semi-arid climates like the American West

Pastoral nomads and livestock ranchers both

operate most efficiently in similar climates

Pastoral nomads potentially contribute to desertification by

overgrazing

is not an example of intensive commercial agriculture

paddy rice farming

Extensive subsistence agriculture predominates in

semi-arid deserts

Using von Thunen's model as a basis for analysis, assume New York City is the single market for the United States, market gardening would be located in

southeastern states

The two most widely used and distributed Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) crops are

soybeans and corn.

The main difference between coffee and tea is that

tea is consumed where it is produced.

The land division system most responsible for dispersed rural settlements in many parts of the United States is the

township and range system

Herders who seasonally move their animals between mountain pastures and lowland valleys practice

transhumance

In upland areas where plantation agriculture is present, what are the two most common crops grown?

Bananas and tea.

What area in Canada is most productive for timber?

British Columbia

What geographic factor best explains why a piece of land is used intensively or extensively for agriculture?

Distance to the market.

What best characterizes intensive commercial agriculture?

Due to globalization and competition, profit margins have decreased.

is not a major wheat producing state

Iowa

In recent years what type of agricultural practice has been most responsible for deforestation of the rain forest in parts of Central and South America?

Livestock ranching

Boserup's basic thesis

Population increase would be accompanied by an increase in how intensely land would be used

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.

What type of diffusion is most closely associated with the Columbian Exchange?

Relocation diffusion

What activities typifies extensive commercial agriculture

Wheat and grain farming and Livestock ranching.

What advantages do cattle feedlots have over traditional methods of livestock ranching?

a. Feedlots combine a number of steps in the meat packing industry in one location. b. Feedlots are more efficient at adding weight to cattle. c. Feedlots reduce transportation costs of cattle prior to being slaughtered. d. Feedlots reduce transportation costs of the finished product.

Market gardening dominates in

a. New Jersey and Delaware. b. parts of Florida. c. the west coast of Michigan. d. the Central Valley of California.

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.

Suitcase farms are most associated most with

grain farming

Pastoral nomads

groups of herders who move with their animals from place to place in search of pasture and water

Due to increased interregional migration, an increasing percent of vegetables in China are being produced

in urban plots.

Technology essential for intensive subsistence agriculture is

irrigation

Growing or raising a single specialty crop on large tracts of land is called

monoculture

Many feed fattening farms (feedlots) have located in the southeast and west of the United States because of

proximity to growing markets in the south and west and less severe weather.

not a characteristics of pastoral nomads

they only consume animal products and animal by-products

The single most important factor contributing to rural land use patterns for most of the Great Plains in the United States is a result of the

township and range land survey system