Unit 5 Agriculture Study Quiz...Guy...Thing

Grapes, dates, olives, and lamb/goat are examples of crops and agricultural production in what type of agriculture?

• Mediterranean

• Intensive wet-rice farming

• Ranching

• Industrial commercial farming

California's Mediterranean agriculture if different from other forms of Mediterranean agriculture due to its

• smaller farms

• use of wheat

• reliance on irrigation

• grape production

Answer explanation

Mediterranean agriculture practiced in the Mediterranean relies on rainfall and mountainous topography for its water, whereas California relies heavily on irrigation due to its lack of adequate rainfall and urban structures.

Which of these is an extensive agricultural practice?

• Truck farming and hothouses for vegetables

• Dairy and poultry farming

• Floral horticulture and tree nurseries

• Cattle ranching and wheat farming

Answer explanation

Extensive agriculture is practiced using low labor inputs over large areas of land; cattle ranching requires little labor input and large acreage for grazing, and wheat farming only has a few instances of large labor inputs during planting and harvesting seasons. Truck farming/hothouse farming require constant tending; floral horticulture and tree nurseries require tending and care over shorter time frames for harvesting/planting seasons; dairy and poultry farming require constant care (dairy) or occur over little acreage (poultry) with daily tending and care.

Coffee beans production require high-land production (hills) for soil drainage, lots of sun, and occurs in tropical climates that are warm/hot. How is this map limited in what it shows?

• It shows all land areas of a country, rather than foothills and upland areas where coffee is produced.

• It shows major and minor producing regions.

• It does not show illegal production of coffee.

• It does not show the supply chain.

The land-survey pattern shown is typical of which of the following locations?

• An exurb in Paris

• A rural agricultural region in the U.S.

• A rainforest development center in Brazil

• A coastal region of China.

The land survey system shown resulted in what for the distribution of settlements in the United States?

• Urban agglomeration systems

• Clustered rural settlements

• A long-lot system

• Dispersed rural settlements

Where are we most likely to see long-lot survey systems?

• Nebraska and Kansas

• Quebec and New Orleans

• Texas and Oklahoma

• Iowa and Connecticut

Answer explanation

This system was used by the French and is found in areas settled by the French.

Where are the world's earliest hearths (centers) of plant domestication?

• Southeast Asia (rice)

• Mesoamerica (Central America) (maize/corn)

• Southwest Asia (wheat)

• All of the above

The Ganges and Nile River Valleys were some of the first settlements and have high population density because...

• of tropical climates.

• intensive agriculture using irrigation.

• heavy industrialization.

• of sacred sites.

The Green Revolution led to increased global grain production through

• global warming.

• increasing urban workforces.

• increased use of energy and technology.

• increase in agricultural workers.