Identify and Describe Agricultural Regions

Where would you expect to see pastoral nomadism practiced?

• Southwest, Central, and East Asia

• North Africa

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• Latin America

• Southeast Asia

Where would you expect to see shifting cultivation practiced?

• Southwest, Central, and East Asia

• North Africa

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• Latin America

• Southeast Asia

Where would you expect to see plantation agriculture practiced?

• Central Europe

• Midwestern U.S. and Canada

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• Latin America

• South and Southeast Asia

Where would you expect to see grain farming practiced?

• North Central United States

• South Central Canada

• Eastern Europe

• Southeastern United States

• Southeastern Australia

Where would you expect to see intensive subsistence practiced?

• Near large populations

• In the middle of nowhere

• Central Asia

• Southern Africa

• South, Southeast, and East Asia

The result of overgrazing in semi-arid climates is

• environmental modification
• desertification
• aquaculture
• desalination

Farmers that produce food that they need to survive on a daily basis are called

• Commercial agriculture
• Industrial agriculture
• Slash-and-burn agriculture
• subsistence agriculture

Which type of agriculture is found primarily in developing countries?

• Plantation
• Truck farming
• Mediterranean
• Livestock ranching

All of the following are types of subsistence agriculture EXCEPT

• pastoral nomadism.
• shifting cultivation.
• swidden agriculture
• truck farming

Physiological density is defined as 

• the average farm production compared to arable land.
• the number of farmers as compared to the total population.
• the number of people compared to arable land.
• the number of farms compared to the total land area.