5.1 Quiz: Intro to Agriculture

Agriculture in which the primary goal of the farmer is to grow enough crops or raise enough livestock to sell for profit is known as _________

• Profitable agriculture
• Market agriculture
• Business farming
• Commercial agriculture

The money invested in land, equipment and machines is known as _______

• asset

• capital

• stock

• resource investment

Agriculture in which the primary goal is to grow enough food or raise enough livestock to meet the immediate needs of the farmer and his family is known as ________

• Commercial agriculture
• Urban agriculture
• Industrial agriculture
• Subsistence agriculture

The following agricultural practice is known as _____

• Monoculture
• slash and burn

• terrace farming

• Hydroponics

Match the following

• Environmental determinism

• the belief that landforms & climate are the most powerful forces shaping human behavior/development

• Extensive agriculture

• agriculture that requires fewer inputs of labor and/or capital and large, less expensive plots of land

• Intensive agriculture

• the view that humans are able to use technology to overcome natural limitations

• Environmental possiblism

• agriculture that requires a large amount of labor and/or capital and smaller but more expensive plots of land

Match the following

• Market gardening

• Farmers move from one field to another (aka: slash & burn)

• Mixed crop and livestock

• Fruits and vegetables are grown near an urban market & sold to local suppliers

• Plantation agriculture

• Large scale agriculture in which crops like grain are grown to be eaten by livestock; most money comes from the sale of livestock rather than from crop outputs

• Shifting agriculture

• Large scale agriculture that specializes in one crop (sugarcane, bananas, coffee) and is usually labor intensive