Agriculture 1

The modern definition of agriculture includes

• animal husbandry & shifting cultivation
• vegetative and seed planting
• multiple hearths of origin
• the deliberate domestication of plants and animals

Agriculture is associated with the

• secondary sector of the economy
• quaternary sector of the economy
• quaternary sector of the economy
• primary sector of the economy

The most practiced economic activity in the world is

• commercial agriculture
• manufacturing
• subsistence farming
• mining

What type of diffusion is most closely associated the Columbian Exchange?

• stimulus diffusion
• relocation diffusion
• hierarchical diffusion
• contagious diffusion

Subsistence agriculture dominates in

• less developed countries
• more developed countries
• mid-latitude climates
• newly-industrialized countries

Growing only enough food to feed your family is an example of

• vegetative planting
• market gardening
• extensive commercial agriculture
• subsistence agriculture

All of the following are true regarding contemporary hunting and gathering societies except

• their way of life is preserved by many governments
• they tend to be isolated from modern societies
• they exist in the Arctic, & the interior of Africa, Australia, & S. America
• their numbers are rapidly declining