Agricultural Unit
Which of the following happened as a result of the Neolithic Revolution? Population increased End of pastoral nomadism Industrial Revolution Enclosure Acts Deforestation
A
Which of the following is NOT an agricultural hearth? Western Europe Central America Southwest Asia Southeast Asia Sub-Saharan Africa
A
Which of the following is a reason why consumption of food varies around the world? Level of development Differences in farming methods Differences in consumers Population All of the above
A
Which of the following may NOT be categorized as a primary activity? (A) refining petroleum into gasoline (B) agriculture (C) fishing (D) raising animals (E) forestry
A
Which of the following regions have desertification had the strongest negative impact on food production? African Sahel Southeast Asia Central America Northern Europe American Great Plains
A
Which is an example of extensive agriculture? Forest/timber Field crops like grain Dairy Rice patty farming Market gardening
B
The US has two important regions, the winter wheat area and the spring wheat area. What state would be an example of a winter wheat area? Montana Dakotas Kansas Georgia Tennessee
C
Who was known as the "father of modern agriculture?" Friedrich Ratzel Max Weber Norman Borlaug Eldridge Gerry Halford Mackinder
C
Which of the following is NOT one of Von Thunen's assumptions? Land is completely flat Climate and soil quality are consistent The isolate state is surrounded by unoccupied wilderness Government is a huge influence Products are grown only for money to maximize profits
D
8. According to von Thünen, which of the following activities would take place in the outermost ring around a market center? (A) market gardening (B) dairy farming (C) forestry (D) raising field crops (E) animal grazing
E
Which region of the world is shifting cultivation (swidden) mostly used? Midwest USA Southwest Asia Northern Europe Southeast Asia Central America
E
12. Early hunter and gatherer societies differed from early agricultural societies in that hunter and gatherer societies were (A) less likely to be characterized by gender inequality (B) more likely to require more hours of work per person (C) more likely to practice polytheism (D) less likely to base division of labor on gender (E) more likely to have job specialization
A
17. In which of the following areas was rice probably domesticated earliest? (A) Southeast Asia (B) northern China (C) Japan (D) Central America (E) Mongolia
A
6. In the Mediterranean area, the most important cash crops are (A) olives and grapes (B) citrus fruits and tree nuts (C) tomatoes and lettuce (D) cotton and sugarcane (E) rubber and tobacco
A
What was the purpose of the Green Revolution? Feed periphery countries New machine production Create new fertilizer Promote higher yields per acre and per farmer Change from Paleolithic to Neolithic
A
11. Which of the following are both forms of extensive subsistence farming? (A) hunting and gathering and pastoral nomadism (B) shifting cultivation and pastoral nomadism (C) dairy farming and plantation farming (D) truck farming and shifting cultivation (E) grain farming and livestock ranching
B
16. Increasing global food production by expanding the amount of land under cultivation is limited by the fact that (A) technology is lacking in many less developed countries (B) most of the world's arable land is already under cultivation (C) few young people want to be farmers (D) governments are unwilling to give up public lands (E) global warming has put many previously cultivated areas under water
B
23. Which of the following was NOT a commodity first raised in the Americas and traded to the Eastern Hemisphere during the Columbian Exchange? (A) beans (B) wheat (C) squash (D) maize (corn) (E) potatoes
B
9. The land survey system that makes use of natural features to mark irregular parcels of land is called (A) the rectangular survey system (B) the metes and bounds approach (C) the long-lot survey system (D) primogeniture (E) the township and range survey system
B
Where did the 2nd Agricultural Revolution begin? Western Asia Western Europe Northern Africa Latin America Southeast Asia
B
Pastoral nomadism is a form of what type of agriculture? Commercial Subsistence Agribusiness Shifting Extensive
B
The map shows the origin and diffusion of (A) commercial agriculture (B) vegetative planting (C) swidden agriculture (D) plantation farming (E) pastoral nomadism
B
What is primogeniture? Rights of inheritance for the eldest daughter Rights of inheritance for the eldest son Rights of inheritance for division among siblings Rights of inheritance for non-relatives Rights of inheritance for youngest son
B
What were the Enclosure Acts? Creation of modern technologies Construction of fences to maximize land usage Laws protecting the rights of farmers Allowed for animals to wander without supervision All of the above
B
10. Both shifting agriculturalists and commercial farmers practice crop rotation, but commercial farmers (A) make less use of fertilizers (B) do not raise livestock (C) are less likely to allow fields to remain fallow (D) do not feed their crops to animals (E) do not distribute their workload evenly over the year
C
13. The Green Revolution has had the least impact on people who live in (A) Southeast Asia (B) China (C) Sub-Saharan Africa (D) India (E) the Philippines
C
19. In which of the following areas has desertification had the strongest negative impact on food production? (A) Mexico (B) eastern China (C) the African Sahel (D) India (E) Peru
C
22. In which of the following countries is the largest percentage of workers employed in the primary sector? (A) the United States (B) China (C) Nigeria (D) Mexico (E) the United Kingdom
C
In which of the following areas is livestock most likely to be sold in the domestic market? (A) Argentina (B) the Middle East (C) the United States (D) New Zealand (E) Uruguay
C
What is double-cropping? Rice farms are built two by two Two crops are harvested Two harvests per year from one field Slaves are used Commercially creating two agribusinesses
C
What was the name of the process when products (foods, livestock, diseases) were carried both ways across the Atlantic Ocean? 3rd Agricultural Revolution 2nd Agricultural Revolution Columbian Exchange Commercial Agriculture Specialty farming
C
15. Which of the following does NOT characterize modern industrial agriculture? (A) specialized crops (B) signing agreements with buyer-processors (C) global exchange (D) prices met by individual needs of farmers (E) participation by farmers in less developed countries
D
21. In what area of the United States are land parcels most likely to be rectilinear? (A) along the Pacific Coast (B) the Southeast (C) the Northeast (D) the Midwest (E) the Southwest
D
25. The "world's breadbasket" is located in (A) the coastal areas of India (B) northern China (C) the pampas of South America (D) the prairies of North America (E) Australia
D
7. A farmer who produces only enough food for the immediate family is practicing (A) shifting cultivation (B) intensive agriculture (C) vegetative planting (D) subsistence farming (E) seed agriculture
D
All of the following are examples of intensive agriculture EXCEPT Dairying Market gardening Wet rice and other crops Ranching and livestock All of the above
D
The growing of fruits, vegetables, and tree crops is what? Slash and burn Livestock ranching Commercial agriculture Horticulture Plantation farming
D
Two independent seed agriculture hearths that originated in the Western Hemisphere were (A) western India and northern China (B) North America and the Caribbean (C) southern Mexico and North America (D) southern Mexico and Peru (E) Peru and western Africa
D
14. On the map above, the shaded area is associated with which of the following types of agriculture? (A) dairy farming ( B) plantation farming (C) grain farming (D) fruit farming (E) livestock ranching
E
18. Refrigerated ships and railroad cars most directly benefitted the long-distance transportation to global markets of (A) wheat (B) fruit (C) rice (D) cotton (E) beef
E
20. Which of the following accurately describes the evolution of food production from the earliest development to the latest? (A) seed agriculture, vegetative planting, the Columbian Exchange (B) vegetative planting, the Columbian Exchange, seed agriculture (C) the Columbian Exchange, vegetative planting, seed agriculture (D) seed agriculture, the Columbian Exchange, vegetative agriculture (E) vegetative agriculture, seed agriculture, the Columbian Exchange
E
24. One difference between subsistence and commercial agriculture is that with commercial agriculture (A) more people work in the primary sector of the economy (B) farm sizes grow smaller (C) less machinery is used (D) crop yields are smaller (E) more extensive use is made of fertilizers
E
In more developed countries, what type of agriculture would be practiced? Subsistence Commercial Agribusiness A and B B and C
E
Labor-intensive intertillage is most likely to take place in areas were farmers practice (A) pastoral nomadism (B) dairy farming (C) grain farming (D) livestock ranching (E) shifting cultivation
E
What is an example of a primary sector? Agriculture Industry Services Fishing A and D
E
