AP Human Geography - Types of Agriculture

All of the following are forms of commercial agriculture EXCEPT

• dairy farming

• pastoral nomadism

• cattle ranching

• specialized fruit production

• grain farming

A farmer plants corn in a field one year, cotton in the same field the following year, and then corn again. This farmer is practicing ---

• subsistence agriculture

• commercial farming

• crop rotation

• slash-and-burn agriculture

• shifting cultivation

Which of the following crops is grown on the sides of terraced hills to allow flowing water to run over the plants?

• Wheat

• Rice

• Taro

• Soybeans

• Millet

All of the following are plantation crops EXCEPT

• cotton

• tea

• sugarcane

• rubber

• wheat

All of the following crops are products of Mediterranean agriculture EXCEPT

• olives

• grapes

• dates

• figs

• apples

Which of the following types of agriculture is used most widely throughout the world?

• commercial farming

• slash-and-burn

• plantation

• shifting cultivation

• mediterranean

Which form of commercial agriculture is found primarily in developing countries?

• plantation agriculture

• livestock farming

• mixed farming

• dairy farming

• truck farming

Which of the following is not an example of Mediterranean agriculture?

• Oranges in Florida

• Lemons in California

• Raisins in Greece

• Olives in Italy

• Grapes in Southwest Australia

Slash-and-Burn is an example of which agricultural practice?

• sustainable farming

• pastoral agriculture

• collective farming

• subsistence farming

• plantation agriculture

Feedlots are an example of which kind of farming?

• intensive farming

• free-range farming

• extensive farming

• subsistence farming

• shifting cultivation