Unit 5- Agriculture Test Review

The second agricultural revolution was the same time as the

• american civil war

• industrial revolution

• green revolution

• neolithic revolution

Which isn't commercial agriculture?

• dairy farming

• pastoral nomadism

• cattle ranching

• grain farming

A farmer alternates planting corn and cotton every other year in the same plot of land. This farmer is practicing

• subsistence agriculture

• commerical farming

• crop rotation

• slash-and-burn

What has become more popular in response to using pesticides for farming?

• slash-and-burn

• crop rotation

• shifting cultivation

• organic farming

Why do MDCs have protein as 1/3 of their diet, and LDCs only have protein as 1/10 of their diet?

• LDCS are vegetarian by choice

• MDCs can afford to eat more meat per capita

• LDCs do not have enough grazing land

• none of the above

Farming of clams and oysters are examples of

• polyculture

• aquaculture

• aeroponics

• subsistence agriculture

Von Thunen’s agricultural location model suggests that

• Grain crops should lie closest to the market center

• Ranching should lie closest to the market center

• Timber and firewood should lie near the wilderness

• Dairying should lie closest to the market center

Which of the following is an example of agribusiness?

• selling woven rugs

• processing crops into canned food

• cutting trees for lumber

• mining coal for energy

Which is not a hearth of agricultural development?

• Western Africa

• Southwest Asia

• Southern Europe

• NW South America

Where is timber located in Von Thunen's model?

• ring 1

• ring 2

• ring 3

• any ring