Agriculture and Food Production

Agriculture is the practice of:

• growing plants and raising animals for food and other products

• building infrastructure and urban development

• conducting scientific research in laboratories

• providing healthcare services

What is domestication?

• The process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use.

• The process of breeding animals in the wild.

• The act of releasing animals into the wild.

• The study of animal behavior.

Agriculture used to be the most common job in the world - now only 34% work in agriculture due to...

• Urbanization

• Mechanization

• Industrialization

• All of the above

Which region has the highest percentage of employment in agriculture according to the graph?

• A) Developed economies and EU

• B) Southeast Asia and the Pacific

• C) Sub-Saharan Africa

• D) Latin America and the Caribbean

What is the oldest method for obtaining food?

• Farming

• Hunting and gathering

• Trading

• Fishing

Numerous studies have shown that people who practiced hunting and gathering were generally ________.

• well nourished.

• malnourished.

• sedentary.

• isolated.

What is the time period for the Hunting and Gathering era?

• 10,000 BCE - 8,000 BCE

• Beginning of human history - 9,000 BCE

• 5,000 BCE - 3,000 BCE

Where was the origin or first location of the Hunting and Gathering era?

• A) Africa

• B) Asia

• C) World-wide

Fill in the blank: One of the main characteristics of the Hunting and Gathering era was that people moved frequently in pursuit of ______ and seasonal plants.

• game

• shelter

• water

• companionship

Identify the secondary centers of agriculture shown on the map.

• Option A

• Option B

• Option C

• Option D