APHUG Chapter 9 Key Issues 1 and 2 Study Guide

The United Nations ha about 60% fewer farms and __ percent fewer farmers in 2000 than in 1900.

• 25%

• 50%

• 85%

• 70%

Pigs were domesticated in

• Western Europe

• Southwest Asia

• Southeast Asia

• Sub-Saharan Africa

The earliest known domesticated wheat, barley, and rice crops are thought to have originated in Asia about

• 2,000 years ago

• 7,000 years ago

• 10,000 years ago

• 5,000 years ago

Between the years 1900 and 2000, the amount of land devoted to agriculture in the US ___ by 13 percent, primarily due to ___ and ___.

• increased ; population growth ; subsistence farming

• increased ; irrigation ; reclamation

• decreased ; population decline ; commercial farming

• decreased ; irrigation ; distance decay

The main features that distinguish commercial agriculture from subsistence agriculture include the percentage of farmers in the labor force, the use of ___, and farm ___.

• machinery ; size

• machinery ; tools

• pesticides ; chemicals

• size ; pesticides

The fact that most meat accounts for one-third of all protein intake in developed countries but only one-tenth in developing ones suggests

• developed nations cannot afford more meat per capita

• developing nations cannot afford more meat per capita

• developing nations can afford more meat per capita

• developed nations can afford more meat per capita

According to the text, who is considered the typical human?

• An Asian subsistence farmer sustaining themselves on what they produce

• A European commercial farmer that sells produce to food processing companies

• A person who lives in the city

• An African subsistence farmer

Where would you find the world's largest cattle feedlot?

• Arkansas

• Wisconsin

• California

• Nebraska

What is cassava?

• A highly productive root crop which has become a dietary staple for the people of Asia

• A highly productive root crop which has become a dietary staple for the people of Africa

• A highly productive grain crop which has become a dietary staple for the people of Africa

• A highly productive grain crop which has become a dietary staple for the people of Asia

Data displaying the dietary energy consumption by country, which of the following groups of countries is most likely to suffer food shortages and/or undernourishment in the near future?

• Kenya, Ethiopia, Yemen, and Egypt

• Kenya, South Africa, Yemen, and Egypt

• Kenya, Ethiopia, Yemen, and Chad

• Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Egypt