APHUG QUIZ: CHAPTER 13

Which statement accurately describes the concept of subsistence farming?

• (A) Most subsistence farming occurs in semiperipheral countries, where farmers utilize technology due to the high costs of labor.
• (B) Most subsistence farming occurs in rural areas of core countries, where farmers lack access to economic resources and global markets.
• (C) Most subsistence farming occurs in rural areas of peripheral countries, where farmers lack access to economic resources and global markets.
• (D) Most subsistence farming occurs in rural areas where credit and markets are readily available but cheap labor is used instead of expensive technology.
• (E) Most subsistence farming occurs in peripheral countries, where emerging markets provide ample economic resources but costs of labor and transportation are high.

Which statement accurately describes the concept of commercial farming?

• (A) Commercial farming typically occurs in peripheral countries with limited market access and involves expensive equipment
• (B) Commercial farming typically occurs in core countries with access to global markets and involves expensive machinery and large plots of land.
• (C) Commercial farming typically occurs in core countries with access to global markets and relies on large-scale manual labor on small parcels of land.
• (D) Commercial farming typically occurs in peripheral countries with access to global markets and involves expensive equipment and large parcels of land.
• (E) Commercial farming typically occurs in semi-peripheral countries with limited market access and relies on large-scale manual labor on small parcels of land.

In South Africa, subsistence farms that grow food for the farmers’ consumption exist next to commercial farms that export crops. This is an example of which of the following agricultural concepts?

• (A) Crop-rotation agribusiness
• (B) Dual agricultural economy
• (C) Hybrid agricultural economy
• (D) Dual-technology agribusiness
• (E) Divergent agricultural economy

Which of the following contributed to the increased emphasis on economies of scale in farming?

• (A) Agricultural tariffs
• (B) Modern farming technology
• (C) Improved subsistence farming
• (D) The second agricultural revolution
• (E) Expanding local agricultural markets

Scientists sometimes breed different varieties of plants to enhance specific characteristics, such as making wheat more frost tolerant. Which of the following terms refers to this agricultural process?

• (A) Hybridization
• (B) Organic farming
• (C) Contour farming
• (D) Natural selection
• (E) Commodity specialization

A country’s government provides a financial incentive for farmers to grow a particular crop. This is an example of which of the following?

• (A) Agricultural socialism
• (B) Free-market capitalism
• (C) An agricultural cooperative
• (D) A government agricultural policy
• (E) A government free-market policy

. Which of the following terms refers to the scenario of a company owning and controlling more than one stage of the production of goods?

• (A) Terraced farming
• (B) Commodity chain
• (C) Vertical integration
• (D) Pyramid agriculture
• (E) Dual agricultural economy

Which term refers to the network that connects places of production with distribution to consumers?

• (A) Terraced farming
• (B) Commodity chain
• (C) Vertical integration
• (D) Pyramid agriculture
• (E) Dual agricultural economy

An increase in the cost of fertilizer would have the most immediate effect on which stage of the food supply system?

• (A) Agricultural inputs
• (B) Producers
• (C) Processors
• (D) Retailers and food services
• (E) Consumers

Grocery stores can’t get packages of yeast to sell. The yeast growers say they have plenty of product but materials for packaging it aren’t available. At which stage of the food supply system is the problem likely occurring?

• (A) Agricultural inputs
• (B) Producers
• (C) Processors
• (D) Distributors
• (E) Consumers