Agriculture Quiz

What sector of the economy is associated with agriculture?

What percentage of the labor force in the U.S. works directly in agriculture?

What region in the world were sheep and goats first domesticated in?

What historical period or event coincided with the second agricultural revolution?

Why do societies practicing shifting cultivation only farm the same plot of land for 1-2 years?

What is another name for swidden agriculture?

What is the term for when herders who seasonally move their animals between mountain pastures and lowland valleys called?

What is the name of the agricultural practice most commonly associated with intensive subsistence agriculture?

What technology is essential for intensive subsistence agriculture?

What activity is an example of extensive commercial agriculture?