APHG Agricultural Test Review

The percentage of the labor force in the United States that works directly in agriculture is

2-5%

Shifting cultivation is a threatened form of agriculture because of

A and b only

The enclosure movement alter the geography in agricultural practices a rule England by

A and b only

What conclusion can one make with regard to the connection between the second agricultural evolution in the industrial revolution

A and b only

What was the advantage of domesticating animals

All of the above

Another name for pastoral nomadism is

And and B only

Subsistence agriculture dominates in

Less developed countries

Agriculture is associated with the

Primary sector of the economy

Which combination of animals was domesticated in southwest Asia

Sheep and goat

Shifting cultivation is still practiced in many parts of

South America

Which region is not a major dairy producing area

South east United States

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

Southeast Asia

Agriculture first diffused to Europe from

Southwest Asia

All of the following were vegetative planting hearths except

Southwest Asia

Growing enough food to feed your family is an example of

Subsistence agriculture

The modern definition of agriculture includes

The deliberate domestication of plants and animals

All of the following are characteristics of pastoral nomads except

The only consume animal products and animal by products

Pastoral nomadism still a dominant way of life in many parts of

Central Asia

Extensive subsistence agriculture predominates in

Semi arid deserts

Dairy farmers locate near urban areas because

A and B only

Pastoral nomads predominate in

A and B only

Swidden agriculture refers to

A and B only

What activity typifies extensive commercial agriculture

A and B only

Which of the following are statements is most accurate concerning the invention of agriculture

A and B only

According to Carl Sauer, what best characterized the invention of plant domestication

All of the above

Agriculture is effected by all of the following except

All of the above

How did the second agricultural revolution improve agricultural production

All of the above

Pastoral nomadism is a threatened way of life because

All of the above

Strategies used to increase the supply of food for a country could include

All of the above

The major difference between subsistence and commercial agriculture is

All of the above

Which famous cultural geographer your eyes that the invention of agriculture took place in multiple hearths

Carl Sauer

Pastoral nomads do not typically herd

Cattle

Which pairing of animals in region is not correct

Cattle- South Asia

All of the following are environmental impacts of commercial farming except

Contribution to the urban heat island effect

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

Distance to the market

What agricultural technique allows subsistence farmers in tropical and sub tropical areas to support a large population with a small amount of arable land

Double cropping

What best characterizes intensive commercial agriculture

Due to globalization and competition profit margin have decreased

_____ did not contain agricultural hearth

Europe

Livestock ranching and pastoral nomadism both

Exist in environments too hard for crop production

European evolved from forming a single field in early medieval times to rotating crops into how many different sections for field by the 18th century

Four

Humans survived prior to the invention of agriculture by engaging in

Hunting and gathering

The most practiced economic activity in the world is

Intensive subsistence agriculture

The process by which people engage in shifting cultivation plant crops of varying heights in order to protect lower crops is called

Intertillage

Technology essential or intensive subsistence agriculture is

Irrigation

The primary purpose or agriculture is to

Make a profit

Pastoral nomads potentially contribute to desertification by

Overgrazing

All of the following are examples of intensive commercial agriculture except

Paddy rice farming

The agricultural practice most commonly associated with intensive subsistence agriculture is

Paddy rice farming

Which statement to whittlessey's agricultursl regions map is no longer applicable

Plantation agriculture doesn't exist in North America

All of the following are characteristics of shifting cultivation except

Primogentic land ownership dominates shifting cultivation societies

What type of diffusion is most clearly associated with the Colombian exchange

Relocation diffusion

Which of the following are examples of extensive subsistence agriculture

Slash and burn agriculture and nomadic herding

The second agricultural revolution coincided with

The industrial revolution

According to Carl sauer, why did vegetative planting first start in Southeast Asia

The regions high biodiversity allowed people to become more sedentary

All of the following are true regarding contemporary hunting and gathering except

Their way of life is preserved by many governments

When comparing the Koppen climate regions map with the Whittlessey agricultural regions map one can conclude that

There is a direct relationship between the patterns on both maps

All of the following are aspects of commercial agriculture except

There is little relationship to other businesses

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

Transhumance

Why do societies practice shifting cultivation only form the same plot of land for 1 to 2 years

Tropical souls are nutrient poor

All of the following are types of subsistence agriculture except

Truck farming