agriculture quiz

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 types of agriculture is used most widely throughout the world?

• commercial farming

• slash-and-burn

• plantation

• shifting cultivation

• mediterranean

Which statement best describes hunting and gathering?

• all humans obtained their food this way before agriculture.
• it is a form of nomadism
• this form of subsistence is still practiced today
• all of the above

Subsistence agriculture is designed mainly to generate products for sale off the farm.

• True
•  False

What name is given to the soil conservation technique used on steep slopes?

• Terrain Cultivation

• Crop Rotation/ Shifting

• Terracing

• Soil Creep

The following pair of crops is grown in plantations

• Rice and wheat

• Jute and cotton

• Tea and coffee

• Millets and Maize

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

• Commercial
• subsistence
• seed
• vegetative

What Is Arable Land ?

• Land left empty
• land on which crops are grown

Which words correctly complete the following trend: "In the US the size of farms has ______ while the number of farmers has _______."

• increased; increased

• decreased; decreased

• increased; decreased

• decreased; increased

Intensive agriculture involves

• lots of land and labor

• little land and labor

• lots of land; less labor

• lots of labor; less land