GEOG102 Chapter 9

Which of the following statements correctly summarizes the relationship between food type and level of development?

Developed countries rely mostly on meat for protein, whereas developing countries rely mostly on cereals for protein.

Identify the most accurate statement regarding the challenges in increasing the world's food supply. Consider why undernourishment remains a significant problem in several areas of the world.

Food prices are now the greatest challenge to world food supply.

Which of the following statements regarding mixed crop and livestock farming is correct?

Most of the crops are fed to animals rather than consumed directly by humans.

Which of the following statements correctly relates undernourishment and dietary energy needs to world population?

Nearly 800 million people are undernourished according to U.N. estimates.

Select a characteristic of subsistence agriculture.

Subsistence farmers do not rely on machinery to perform work; rather, they rely on people or animals.

Choose the type of region in which shifting cultivation works best.

a region with high temperatures and abundant rainfall

Select the type of commercial agriculture that is the most dependent on being close to the place of consumption.

dairy farming

Correctly pair the domesticated crop and animal that share a regional hearth.

potatoes and the llama

Which example illustrates a sustainable land management practice?

practicing no tillage farming

Select the problem that commercial farmers experience in developed countries.

Farmers in developed countries have increased the food supply, but demand remains low.

Which of the following statements regarding pastoral nomadism in dry climates is correct?

Governments force groups to give up pastoral nomadism because they want the land for other uses.

Which of the following statements regarding fish production and consumption is correct?

Growth in global fish production is entirely due to the expansion of aquaculture.

Which of the following statements regarding plantation farming is correct?

Plantation farming played an important part in the U.S. South.

Choose the statement about intensive subsistence farming with an emphasis on wet rice dominance that is correct.

Rice is planted on dry lands in a nursery and then moved to wet fields.

Which of the following is a way that farmers in developing countries can expand production?

export out-of-season fruits and vegetables to developed countries