Types of Agriculture Review

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This form of agriculture includes slashing and burning, growing crops, and then leaving the area to fallow.

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Shifting Cultivation

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This form of agriculture occurs in developing countries in areas that are too harsh to grow crops.

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Pastoral Nomadism

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What do ranching and pastoral nomadism have in common?

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Both occur in areas too harsh to farm crops.

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In Mixed Crop and Livestock farming crops are used to

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feed the animals

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Horticulture is associated with which form of agriculture? Options: Dairy, Mediterranean, Grain, Ranching

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Mediterranean

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The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pasture areas is known as

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transhumance

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Corn and soybeans are two of the most important crops in

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mixed crop and livestock

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Large scale production of these crops are heavily mechanized, conducted on large farms, and oriented to consumer preferences. Often these crops are grown to be processed for produces such as breakfast cereals and breads.

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Grain

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All of the following are forms of commercial agriculture EXCEPT: dairy farming, pastoral nomadism, cattle ranching, specialized fruit production, grain farming

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pastoral nomadism

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All of the following are plantation crops EXCEPT: cotton, tea, sugarcane, rubber, wheat

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wheat