Food and Agriculture Quiz
The earliest known domesticated wheat, barley, and rice crops are thought to have originated in Asia
10,000 years ago.
There are currently about ________ million farmers in the United States.
2
Which statement is incorrect with respect to hunting and gathering?
A sizeable percentage of the world's contemporary population still engages in hunting and gathering.
Which of the following was not an important agricultural hearth?
Australia
Which nation is currently responsible for one-third of the global yield of fish?
China
Roughly half of the world's undernourished people reside in
China and India
Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding agriculture?
Commercial agriculture tends to employ relatively few people in developed countries.
North Africa and Southwest Asia is dominated by what form of agriculture?
Pastoral nomadism
Which nation has the highest caloric consumption in the world?
United States
The Agricultural Revolution began because of
a combination of environmental and cultural factors
hunting and gathering societies
are found in isolated places in the world.
The agricultural practice most dependent on being close to consumers is
dairy farming
Which of the following is NOT an agricultural region found in developing countries?
dairying
The largest proportion of farmers in Asia practice
intensive subsistence
Food security, as defined by the United Nations, is
physical, social and economic access at all times to safe and nutritious food.
Consumption of food is dependent upon all of the following variables EXCEPT
race
Geographer Derwent Whittlesey has identified 11 main agricultural regions. Which agricultural region important in developing countries covers the most surface area in the Southern Hemisphere?
shifting cultivation
Farming for the primary purpose of feeding one's family is known as
subsistence agriculture
in contrast to practitioners of agriculture, hunters and gatherers
travel frequently
Which of the following tools will most likely be used in subsistence agriculture?
wooden plow and oxen