Types of Agriculture, part 1

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

• Pastoral Nomadism

• Subsistence Agriculture

• Commercial Agriculture

• Surplus Agriculture

Plantation farming is a type of

• Subsistence Farming

• Intensive Farming

• Commercial Farming

• Grain Farming

Agriculture is best defined as 

• the hunting and gathering of food

• the altering of genetic material of plants

• the cultivation of plants/domesticating animals

• using technology to increase production

Agriculture is defined as...

• Primary activity

• Secondary activity

• Tertiary activity

• None of these

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

• Wheat

• Millet

• Soybeans

• Rice

All of the following are plantation crops EXCEPT

• Cotton

• Sugarcane

• Wheat

• Bananas

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

• Sustainable Farming

• Pastoral Nomadism

• Plantation Agriculture

• Subsistence Farming

Extensive agriculture involves

• lots of land; less labor

• lots of land and labor

• little land and labor

• lots of labor; less land

Intensive agriculture, such as intensive subsistence wet rice involves

• lots of land; less labor

• lots of land and labor

• little land and labor

• lots of labor compared to land used

What type of agriculture is:

raising a large amount of a "cash crop" such as coffee for local sale or export?

• shifting cultivation

• ranching

• plantation

• mixed crop and livestock