APHG Ch. 10 Agriculture

A farmer who produces only enough food for their immediate family is practicing

• Shifting cultivation

• Intensive agriculture

• Vegetative planting

• Subsistence farming

In the Mediterranean region, the most important crops are

• Olives and grapes

• Citrus fruits and tree nuts

• Tomatoes and lettuce

• Cotton and sugarcane

Increasing global food production by expanding the amount of land under cultivation is limited by the fact that

• Technology is lacking in many less developed countries

• Most of the world's arable land is already under cultivation

• Few young people want to be farmers

• Governments are unwilling to give up public lands

Which of the following was NOT a commodity first raised in the Americas and traded to the Eastern Hemisphere during the Columbian Exchange?

• Beans

• Wheat

• Squash

• Potatoes

Which form of farming is typically most concentrated near population centers?

• Dairy farming

• Cereal farming

• Mixed crop and livestock

• Mediterranean

The Green Revolution has had the least impact on people who live in

• Southeast Asia

• China

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• India

An enclosed area where livestock are held and fattened before slaughter is known as a

• Feedlot

• Milkshed

• Pasture

• Range

True/False: Women and children of a nomadic group may plant crops at a fixed place.

• true
• false

What is the growing of fruits, vegetables and flower called?

• Horticulture
• Agriculture
• Subsistence Agriculture
• Truck farming

When was the first Agricultural Revolution?

• About 4000 B.C
• About 6000 BC
• About 8000 BC
• About 12000 B.C