APHG chapter 9

Use Figure 9-10 to answer the question. Between 10 and 99 million metric tons of rice are produced annually in

Brazil, Japan, and the United States.

Which of the following factors provides a dramatic contrast in food consumption between developed and developing countries?

Cultural Preference

Which statement correctly describes hunting and gathering?

Despite the modernization of agriculture in some areas, this form of subsistence is still practiced.

Refer to Figure 9-3 to answer the question. Which statement best describes why a choropleth map presenting data at the country level might be misleading?

Even in developed countries where the average person spends less than 20 percent of their income on food, inequalities of income may be great enough for many people to remain undernourished.

The term used to describe a situation in which a person is able to access healthy and affordable food on a regular basis is

Food Security

Use the map in Figure 9-1 to answer the question. Based on the map's caloric consumption data in 2013 people in which countries are likely to experience undernourishment in 2020?

Kenya, Iraq, and India

Farmers in developed and developing countries share which of the following problems?

Limited profitability

Use Figure 9-7 to answer the question. Which statement is TRUE?

Llamas, alpacas, and turkeys were domesticated in the Americas.

Use Figure 9-8 to answer the question. In which set of countries will you find more than 50% of the labor force engaged in agriculture?

Madagascar, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

Pigs were first domesticated in the agricultural hearth located in

Southwest Asia

The diffusion of plants and animals following the discovery of the Americas is known as

The Columbian Exchange

Which statement is TRUE regarding societies that practice hunting and gathering?

They are mostly on the peripheral of world settlement.

Which of the following is a way intensive subsistence agriculture differs from shifting cultivation?

greater use of land in rainforests

Which type of agriculture is practiced by the largest percentage of the world's people?

intensive subsistence

Use Figure 9-9 to answer the question. The type of agriculture practiced by the largest proportion of farmers in Asia is

intensive subsistence.

Use Figure 9-9 to answer the question. Which type of agriculture occupies the largest percentage of southeastern China?

intensive subsistence.

Use Figure 9-9 to answer the question. Which type of agricultural practice is NOT found in or near tropical regions?

mixed crop and livestock

Which of the following would NOT be a successful strategy for a commercial farmer in a developed country?

reducing farm size by selling land to pay debts on machinery

Use Figure 9-7 to answer the question. Which link between domesticated plants and their hearths is CORRECT?

yams, sorghum, coffee, and cowpeas -Sub-Saharan Africa

Which is the best possible explanation for the development of agriculture?

A combination of environmental and cultural factors supported plant cultivation.