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WorksheetsGlobal Agriculture
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the worlds MOST important source of vegetable oil that provides basic material for hundreds of products?
a)
Soybean
b)
Corn Kernel
c)
Peanut
d)
Sunflower Seed
2.
Raising Livestock was dramatically changed in 1874 by the invention of the
a)
iron plow
b)
barbed wire
c)
milking machine
d)
corn picker
3.
Which is an agribusiness related to Horticulture?
a)
Dairy Producer
b)
Greenhouse Dealer
c)
Livestock Market
d)
Veternarian
4.
Eastern NC counties are leaders both state and nationwide in the production of:
a)
Frasier Fir Christmas Trees
b)
Turkeys
c)
Apples
Dairy Products
d)
Apples
5.
If someone wanted to find the ranking of NC in sweet potatoes what agency would they consult?
a)
Farm Bureau
b)
National Resource Conservation Service
c)
National Agriculture Statistics Commission
d)
US Forest Service
6.
The reaper was invented by Cyrus McCormick in 1834 to
a)
cut and stack grain in the field
b)
Shell Corn
c)
Cut Grain form the field
d)
Gather hay crops and bale them
7.
The agscience industry that includes producing, processing, and marketing fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants is
a)
Forestry
b)
Horticulture
c)
Production Agriscience
d)
Renewable Natural Resources
8.
What percent of the work force is on the farm in the US?
a)
7
b)
2
c)
10
d)
12
9.
The highest beef cattle producing states are generally located near what crop producing states?
a)
Corn Belt
b)
Soft Red Winter Wheat
c)
Spearmint
d)
Citrus
10.
What did George Washington Carver Develop that Greatly impacted Agriculture?
a)
cotton gin
b)
crop rotation & use of legumes
c)
the gene gun
d)
tractor
11.
Who invented the cotton gin?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Edmund Quincy
c)
Benjamin Holt
d)
Anna Baldwin
12.
Which is an applied Science?
a)
Biology
b)
Physics
c)
Entomology
d)
Physics
13.
The tractor was invented by:
a)
Eli WHitney
b)
Edmund Quincey
c)
Benjamin Holt
d)
Anna Baldwin
14.
The best term to describe the application of scientific principles and new technologies in agriculture is:
a)
Agribuisness
b)
AgriScience
c)
Farming
d)
Renewable ,Natural Resources
15.
What is the best source of free information for small businesses in agriculture?
a)
Cooperative Extension Service
b)
Cooperative Trouble Shooting Group
c)
Professional Consultant
d)
Teamsters Union
16.
Discovering New ways of controlling crop pest would best be described as:
a)
Agriculture Marketing
b)
Agriculture Sales
c)
Agribuisness
d)
Agriscience
17.
in 1878 a milking machine was invented by
a)
John Deere
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Massey Ferguson
d)
Anna Baldwin
18.
The agriscience industry that involves the management of fish, wetlands, rangelands, water, and wildlife is
a)
Agriscience Supplies & Services
b)
Forestry
c)
Production Agriscience
d)
Renewable Natural Resources
19.
Which is often called an applied science since is uses principles learned in the other sciences to solve practical problems?
a)
Agriculture
b)
Biochemistry
c)
Biology
d)
Chemistry
20.
The agriscience industry composed of people who haul, grade, process, package, and market commodities
a)
Ag Mechanics
b)
Agriscience Supplies and Services
c)
Agriscience Professions
d)
Agriscience processing, products, and distribution
21.
A local tractor dealership is best described as
a)
Agribuisness
b)
Agriculture Display
c)
Agriculture Production Enterprise
d)
Ag Marketing Service
22.
Why might beef cattle and hogs be located near the corn belt?
a)
The weather is nice there
b)
Corn makes a good windbreak for cattle and hogs
c)
only hogs and cattle eat corn
d)
Cron is primarily fed to hogs and cattle
23.
Land Grant Universities such as NCSU & NC A&T were established to teach:
a)
Agriculture and accounting
b)
agriculture and hospitality
c)
agriculture & military tactics and do agriculture research
d)
biology, chemistry, and phsics
24.
Fewer Exports of products to European Countries is an issue related to
a)
Local Food Movements
b)
Organic Food Production
c)
Sustainability
d)
Genetically Modified Organisms
25.
What do Land Grant University's in NC offer?
a)
only 2 year animal science degrees
b)
Two 2 year Ag degrees
c)
Four year Agriculture Degrees
d)
No Agriculture degrees
26.
The local food movement is defined in terms of geographic proximity of
a)
producer to consumer
b)
consumer to retailer
c)
producer to producer
d)
consumer to nearby grocery stores
27.
Food insecurity is defined as not knowing where a human will find its next meal and is a
a)
problem only in africa
b)
a global problem
c)
a problem only in Asia
d)
only a problem in countries where the government is corrupt
28.
Not knowing where a human will find their next meal is called
a)
Local Food Movement
b)
Sustainability
c)
Food Insecurity
d)
Starvation
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