Agriculture and Climate Quiz 5.1

What is transhumance?

• A farm that raises animal but also feed for those animals and makes money selling the animal products

• Moving flocks into the highlands for summer and returning to lowlands for the winter

• Raising animals and traveling from place to place with them to find pasture for their animals

• Commercial agriculture that allows livestock to wander a large area to feed

What is intensive agriculture?

• Raising animals and traveling from place to place with them to find pasture for their animals

• Agriculture that uses small amounts of labor on a large area of land

• Small-scale, manual labor agricultural production of a variety of crops to be sold locally

• Agriculture that uses a lot of labor on a small area of land

What is market gardening?

• Small-scale, manual labor agricultural production of a variety of crops to be sold locally

• Commercial agriculture that allows livestock to wander a large area to feed

• Agriculture that uses small amounts of labor on a large area of land

• Agriculture that uses a lot of labor on a small area of land

What is a Mediterranean climate?

• A climate with warm, dry summers and cool, mild winters mainly found around the Mediterranean Sea

• The prevailing weather conditions in general over a long period of time

• Commercial agriculture that allows livestock to wander a large area to feed

• Areas that have an average temperature above 64° and get substantial precipitation

What is mixed crop/livestock agriculture?

• Agriculture that uses a lot of labor on a small area of land

• Raising animals and traveling from place to place with them to find pasture for their animals

• Agriculture that uses small amounts of labor on a large area of land

• A farm that raises animal but also feed for those animals and makes money selling the animal products

What is extensive agriculture?

• Agriculture that uses small amounts of labor on a large area of land

• Agriculture that uses a lot of labor on a small area of land

• Small-scale, manual labor agricultural production of a variety of crops to be sold locally

• Commercial agriculture that allows livestock to wander a large area to feed

What is the yield?

• Areas that have an average temperature above 64° and get substantial precipitation

• A climate with warm, dry summers and cool, mild winters mainly found around the Mediterranean Sea

• The prevailing weather conditions in general over a long period of time

• The amount of an agricultural product produced in an area of cultivation

What is climate?

• A climate with warm, dry summers and cool, mild winters mainly found around the Mediterranean Sea

• The amount of an agricultural product produced in an area of cultivation

• Areas that have an average temperature above 64° and get substantial precipitation

• The prevailing weather conditions in general over a long period of time

What is agriculture?

• Modifying the environment to raise plants or animals for food or other uses

• A climate with warm, dry summers and cool, mild winters mainly found around the Mediterranean Sea

• The prevailing weather conditions in general over a long period of time

• The amount of an agricultural product produced in an area of cultivation