Topic 5.1 Introduction to Agriculture Supplemental Activity

Introduction to Agriculture

Multiple Choice

Land on which crops are grown

• Dry land

• Arable land

• Hilly area

• Deserts

Multiple Choice

Farmers who practice mixed crop / livestock earn profits from

• Selling grain

• Selling animal products (meat / dairy)

• Leasing their lands to nomadic herders

• Petting zoo entry fees

Multiple Choice

Most cereal grains produced in the Untied States are

• eaten for breakfast.
• exported to developing countries.
• sold to food processing industries.
• fed to livestock.

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Dairy operations locate on the suburban fringe of metropolitan areas because

• it is outside the milkshed.
• city residents don’t like to live near farming operations.
• it is a break-of-bulk point.
• access to market is greater.

Multiple Choice

Practice of herding animals in mountain pastures during the summer and lowland pastures in the winter

• Fallow herding

• Transhumance

• Shifting nomadism

• Pastoral nomadism

Multiple Choice

Mediterranean climates are most suitable for

• Bananas and pineapples

• Olives and grapes

• Grain and dairy farming

• Rice and barley

Multiple Choice

Slash-and-Burn is an example of which agricultural practice?

• sustainable farming

• pastoral agriculture

• collective farming

• subsistence farming

• plantation agriculture

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not an example of Mediterranean agriculture?

• Oranges in Florida

• Lemons in California

• Raisins in Greece

• Olives in Italy

• Grapes in Southwest Australia

Multiple Choice

Which form of commercial agriculture is found primarily in developing countries?

• plantation agriculture

• livestock farming

• mixed farming

• dairy farming

• truck farming

Multiple Choice

Which of the following types of agriculture is used most widely throughout the world?

• commercial farming

• slash-and-burn

• plantation

• shifting cultivation

• mediterranean

Multiple Choice

All of the following crops are products of Mediterranean agriculture EXCEPT

• olives

• grapes

• dates

• figs

• apples

Multiple Choice

All of the following are plantation crops EXCEPT

• cotton

• tea

• sugarcane

• rubber

• wheat

Multiple Choice

Rubber, tea, coffee, cocoa, and palm oil is raised in

• Mediterranean agricultural areas

• areas of shifting cultivation

• high latitude zones

• market gardens

• intensive plantation agriculture

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