5.6 APHG 5.6

What is the main goal of subsistence agriculture?

• To produce food for a person's family or local community

• To employ a large number of people

• To make a profit by selling food

• To use advanced machines in farming

Which type of agriculture uses less machinery and relies more on human labor?

• Extensive commercial agriculture

• Intensive commercial agriculture

• Subsistence agriculture

• Commercial agriculture

What is the bid rent theory primarily concerned with?

• The price of land in relation to its distance from urban areas

• The demographic transition model

• The efficiency of different farming techniques

• The types of crops grown in different regions

What is monocropping?

• Growing multiple types of crops in one field

• Growing the same crop year after year

• Switching crops every year to prevent soil depletion

• Using no machines in farming

Which practice requires significant amounts of land, such as cattle ranching?

• Extensive commercial agriculture

• Extensive subsistence agriculture

• Intensive commercial agriculture

• Intensive subsistence agriculture

What is the main difference between subsistence agriculture and commercial agriculture?

• The use of human labor

• The size of the farm

• The type of crops grown

• The goal of producing food for consumption vs. profit

Which type of agriculture is more likely to be found in economically developed countries?

• Extensive subsistence agriculture

• Intensive subsistence agriculture

• Commercial agriculture

• Subsistence agriculture

What does intensive subsistence agriculture tend to use more of?

• Land and machines

• Land and human labor

• Machines and capital

• Human labor and capital

Why is agriculture that needs more land often located farther away from urban areas?

• To use more advanced machinery

• Because of the demographic transition model

• To employ more people

• Due to the bid rent theory

What is a consequence of monocropping?

• Increased biodiversity

• Soil depletion due to lack of crop rotation

• Reduced use of machinery

• Decreased need for land