2018 Agriculture Review #1

when the Von Thunen rural land use model is applied to the United States,at its core what is the most similar to the original model?

• vegetables and dairying in the Northeast (the largest market ).

• specialty crops in Florida

• specialty crops in California

• cotton and tobacco in the South

In the Columbian Exchange which crops or products had their origins in America ?

• sleep and goats

• soy and dates

• sweet potatoes and tobacco

• wheat and barley

• citrus and coffee

The type of commercial agriculture found in developing countries in

• dairy farming

• commercial gardening

• grain farming

• mixed crop and livestock

• plantation farming

The township and range land survey system in the United States contributed to which of the following ?

• An urban daily-system pattern

• A rural long-lot pattern

• An urban agglomeration pattern

• A dispersed rural settlement pattern

Which of the following is NOT one of the important developments in the industrialization of agriculture ?

• increased focus on the family farm as the centerpiece of agricultural production

• the development of the industrial substitutes for agricultural products

• movement of individuals from rural to urban areas

• the introduction of agrochemicals ,biotechnologies ,fertilizers,and hybrid seeds

• changes in rural labor activities

Which of the following refers to the decision to abandon the use of a product that harms the environment to a product that is more eco friendly ?

• subsistence

• substitution principle

• sustainability

• conservation

• recycling

which of the following is a sustainable agricultural practice

• No til agriculture

• Using GMOs

• Desertification

• Irrigation of marginal lands

• Increase animal production for protein

The green revolution innovations in agriculture based on a package of inputs including all the following except

• irrigation

• natural fertilizers (compost,green manure ,animal manure ).

• high yielding seed varieties

• synthetic fertilizers

• chemical pesticides

In areas of swidden,the population

• cannot have high density

• must be large enough to provide surplus labor

• practices plantation agriculture

• increases significantly

• lives in permanent settlements

Which was a main characteristic of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent .

• yams and potatoes

• wheat and barely

• vegeculture

• corn and squash

• millet and sorghum