Agriculture and Pastoralism

(a)   farming is a method of farming that allows farmers to build steps on hilly regions where they want to grow crops.

Terrace farming allowed all of the following EXCEPT

• efficient irrigation

• prevention of soil erosion

• conservation of fuel

• prevention of surface run-off

Farmers found evidence that all of the following were farmed in the Andes between 5,000 and 9,000 years ago EXCEPT

• squash

• zucchini

• cotton

• peanuts

Fifteen hundred years ago, tribes in the Amazon Basin mixed their soil with ​ (a)   derived from ​ (b)   and ​ (c)   . Scientists today have found these techiques could help rein in ​ (d)   and ​ (e)   .

• charcoal
• tree bark
• animal bones
• world hunger
• greenhouse gases

Early farmers used this to fertilize their crops.

• gerbils

• fish heads

• tobacco

• dung

This is a type of mixed cropping system where items such as maize, beans, and squash are grown together, which provided benefits for all the crops.

• cooperative planting

• the three sisters

• collaborative agriculture

• mutually beneficial agriculture

The ancient method of raising and tending domestic animals in a non-sedentary manner.

• humanistic farming

• mobile farming

• nomadic farming

• pastoralism

Goats, pigs, and sheep were domesticated around how many years ago?

• 2,000

• 5,000

• 10,000

• 8,000

Where did pastoral farming begin?

• Western Africa

• Eastern Europe

• Eastern North America

• Western Asia

East African farmers mix this with their milk to make a nutritious drink.

• blood

• urine

• fat

• dung