Food and Agriculture 9.1

1) Unlike people in an agriculturual society, hunters and gatherers

• travel frequently.

• domesticate animals

• live in large groups

• live near the center of world settlements

Which statement is incorrect with respect to hunting and gathering?

• All humans obtained their food by hunting and gathering before the invention of agriculture.

• Hunting and gathering is a form of nomadism.

• Modern hunters and gatherers live in small groups on the outside of world settlement.

• A sizeable percentage of the world's contemporary population still engages in hunting and gathering.

The Agricultural Revolution began because of

• environmental factors

• cultural factors

• the Industrial Revolution

• a combination of environmental and cultural factors

Hunting and gathering societies

• include about one billion (or 15% of the world's) people.

• are found in isolated places in the world.

• are responsible for most of the environmental degradation of the planet.

• are characterized by large and dense concentrations of people.

Which of the following was not an important agricultural hearth?

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• Southeast Asia

• East Asia (especially northern China)

• Australia

From which agriculture hearth did domesticated coffee emerge?

• Latin America

• Southeast Asia

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• East Asia

Farming for the primary purpose of feeding one's family is known as

• commercial farming

• family farming

• subsistence agriculture

• mall scale farming

The Agricultural Revolution

• decreased the dependency on hunter/gatherer societies

• developed industry

• created manufacturing

• relied on GPS

How did the Agricultural Revolution change society?

• domesticated chickens and horses

• created heavy industry

• created larger and more stable sources of food, so more people could survive

• created more jobs for nomads