Unit 5 Practice Quiz

Which of the following is NOT a major hearth of agriculture development and animal domestication?

• Western Africa

• Central America

• Northern Australia

• Southeast Asia

• Southwest Asia

One option for small family-owned farms to increase the market value of their crops would be

• Eliminate irrigation and rely upon natural rainfall

• Switch to organic farming practices with no pesticides or chemical fertilizers

• Use biofuels such as vegetable-based diesel for their farm equipment

• Switch to growing traditional staple crops such as corn and use fertilizers

• Export their crops to Third World locations such as Sub-Saharan Africa

A direct result of the U.S. farm crisis in the 1980s was

• More jobs available in the farming industry

• Less food available for consumption

• A decrease in the number of small farms

• Increased price of crops for consumers

• Higher profits for farmers

Which of the following is NOT a cause of desertification?

• Overgrazing by animals

• Off-road vehicles increasing soil loss in drylands

• Over cultivation of semiarid lands

• Policies favoring nomadic herding over sedentary farming

• Irrigation resulting in salinization

Plants and animals that have been genetically adapted to suit human needs are considered

• Feral

• Cultivated

• Primitive

• Domesticated

• Indigenous

Which of the following is NOT an example of a staple food in Central America?

• Beans

• Wheat

• Corn

• Potatoes

• Squash

The Middle East is known as the Fertile Crescent because

• It is the largest modern exporter of cereal crops

• It developed new farming machinery that revolutionized modern agriculture

• Historically it has had a high birth rate

• It offered biodiversity in a complex marshland ecosystem

• It was one of the first areas of sedentary farming and urban society

All of the following are true regarding contemporary hunting and gathering societies except

• their way of life is preserved by many governments.

• they tend to be isolated from modern societies.

• they provide insight into prehistoric cultures.

• they exist in the Arctic, the interior of Africa, Australia, and South America.

• their numbers are rapidly declining.

In the Third World, plantation crops like bananas, coffee, and sugar are examples of

• Subsistence agriculture

• Import substitution

• Export-based agriculture

• Specialty agriculture

• Value-added agriculture

The following are all factors in the Green Revolution EXCEPT

• Pesticides

• Chemical fertilizers

• Low-cost human labor

• Plant hybridization

• Mechanization irrigation