Assessment Ch 10 Agriculture

The Third Agricultural Revolution came about because of

• Crop diversification in developing countries

• Governments in developing countries giving farmers more money to grow more crops

• Biotechnology

• Global Warming

• All of the above

The colonial powers introduced forced farming in their colonies to

• Improve the lifestyle and wealth of the farmers

• Make profits for themselves

• Help farmers diversify their crops

• Help farmers hold their communities together

• All of the above

Amartya Sen argued that the world food problem could be solved by

• Increasing the wealth of small farmers

• Increasing the plot size of land dedicated specifically for growing edible crops

• Implementing biotechnology

• Equally spreading surplus agriculture from MDCs

• Spreading democracy

Unique agricultural practices arise in particular regions because of

• Limited knowledge of alternatives

• Characteristics of the physical environment

• Distinctive cultural traits

• All of the above

• None of the above

In the United States many farms are integrated into a large food production industry. This is known as

• Agribusiness

• Mechanized farming

• Commercial farming

• Food Processing

• Communal Farming

According to the Von Thunen Model, market oriented gardens and milk producers were located in the first ring for all but which of the following reasons?

• Proximity to market

• Delivery cost

• Perishability

• Quality of soil

• None of the above

Ranching is practiced in a climate region most similar to that of which other type of agriculture?

• Pastoral nomadism

• Shifting cultivation

• Dairying

• Grain

• None of the above

Which is not a characteristic of shifting farming?

• A new site is designated every few years

• Debris is burned to provide the soil with nutrients

• Land is cleared by slashing vegetation

• All of the above

• None of the above

According to Von Thunen’s model, a commercial farmer is concerned with which of these costs?

• Price of land

• Value of yield per hectare

• Cost of transporting output to market

• Price of fertilizer

• Cost of irrigation

Asian agriculture is characterized by shortages of all but which of the following?

• Equipment

• Funds

• Land

• Labor

• None of the above