APHUG Unit 5

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A farmer who produces only enough food for the immediate family is practicing

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subsistence farming

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Dairy farmers locate near urban areas because

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it is expensive to transport product to market.

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Both shifting agriculturalists and commercial farmers practice crop rotation, but commercial farmers

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do not feed their crops to animals.

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Which of the following does NOT characterize modern industrial agriculture?
specialized crops,
agreements with buyer-processors,
prices met by needs of individual farmers,
global exchange

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prices met by needs of individual farmers

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Increasing food production by expanding the amount of land under cultivation is limited by the fact that

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most of the world's arable land is already under cultivation

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Deforestation has resulted in

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more farmland in some places but more desertification in others

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The primary factor in vonThuen's model for choosing commercial farm products is

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land price

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The Green Revolution technology has resulted in which of the following modern agriculture? Options: the development of high-yield grains and the expansion of cultivated areas, the construction of new irrigation systems and a reduction in the use of fertilizers, an increase in the circulation of investment capital to help the poorest farmers, the end of famine in the world

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the development of high-yield grains and the expansion of cultivated areas

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Which describes a change in agriculture that shows the clearest impact of the development of argibusiness? Options: the small-scale farming sector, the number of farmers involved in sustainable agriculture has increased dramatically, the use of organic farming methods has increased greatly, the networks for production and distribution have become more efficients

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the networks for production and distribution have become more efficients

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Which type of agriculture is most likely to produce a dispersed settlement pattern? Options: livestock farming, Mediterranean farming, dairy farming, truck farming

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livestock farming