ag review

Agriculture is best defined as 

• the hunting and gathering
• the altering genetic material of plants
• the cultivation of plants/domesticating animals
• using technology to increase production

What type of farming is practiced to produce food for sale off the farm?

• Commercial
• subsistence
• seed
• vegetative

Which type of agriculture deals with growing crops and raising livestock to feed the family only?

• Pastoral Agriculture

• Subsistence Agriculture

• Commercial Agriculture

• Surplus Agriculture

GDP means ____

• Gross Domestic Produce

• Growing Domestic Penny

• Gross Dominion Power

• Gross Domestic Product

Plantation farming is a type of

• Subsistence farming

• Intensive farming

• Commercial farming

• Grain farming

The following pair of crops is grown in plantations

• Rice and wheat

• Jute and cotton

• Tea and coffee

• Millets and Maize

Intensive subsistence agriculture involves large amounts of effort used to produce maximum yield from a given plot of land.

• True
• False

Railroads and highways have increased the ________ and the _______ levels of commercial farming in MDCs. CHOOSE TWO ANSWERS!

• diffusion

• production

• localization

• physiologic density

• costs

Which of these outcomes is NOT a result of the Green Revolution?

• Research into GMOs

• Increased crop yields

• reduced costs for many foods

• less dependence on fertilizers and pesticides

The area of dairy production that surrounds an urban area is called 

• a milkshed
• a delivery route
• milk farming
• mooshed