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WorksheetsAgriculture Quiz
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is Agriculture?
a)
The science or practice of farming
b)
It is a form of culture that is found in the Middle East
c)
It is only factories that mass produce food
d)
None of the above
2.
What is Organic food?
a)
Food that is grown from GMO's, that uses little fertilizer
b)
Food that is produced by humans
c)
Food produced without synthetics
d)
Food that only uses pesticides
3.
What is a GMO?
a)
It is a form of agriculture
b)
It is a company that produces seeds for farmers
c)
An organism whose DNA has been altered by a lab
d)
All of the above
4.
In the movie Food Inc. we saw a couple Feedlots, what is a Feedlot?
a)
A part of the farm that has the food stored
b)
A place where cows go to graze
c)
A place where animals can eat in a human way
d)
A building/stockyard where livestock is fattened for market
5.
What is a CAFO (confined animal feeding operation)?
a)
A place where animals eat food in the winter months
b)
An operation with more than 1,000 animals at a time
c)
A small Feedlot that has 0 to 1,000 animals
d)
None of the above
6.
Historians believe that Pastoral Nomads are where in the evolutionary scale?
a)
At the bottom
b)
Right below Hunters and Gathers
c)
Same as Hunter and Gathers
d)
In between Hunters and Gathers and Sedentary people?
7.
How long does it take for a clearing to be used for farming again after Slash and Burn ag?
a)
1-3 years
b)
4-15 years
c)
6-20 years
d)
8-23 years
8.
Pastoral Nomads randomly move around with their animals
a)
True
b)
False
9.
True or False: Shifting Cultivation is practiced by about 250 million people across the world
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Where does Shifting Cultivation (Slash and Burn agriculture) take place?
a)
Tropical climates with lots of rain
b)
Cold climates with lots of sun
c)
Tropical climates with little to no rainfall
d)
Climates with multiple seasons, but stay consistently warm
11.
China and India produce how much of the worlds total rice?
a)
80%
b)
70%
c)
60%
d)
50%
12.
What is Subsistence Farming?
a)
Farming that focuses on feeding the family and making money
b)
Farming that uses environment friendly techniques
c)
Farming where the farmer produces food to live off of
d)
Farming that grows organic food
13.
What are common plantation farming products?
a)
Cotton
b)
Sugarcane
c)
Coffee
d)
All of the above
14.
Commercial agriculture is...
a)
A form of agriculture that is controlled by a corporation
b)
Producing food for advertisements
c)
Producing food to support your family and local community
d)
Producing food to sell to the public, and create a profit
15.
What is the advantage of using Crop Rotation
a)
It helps the farmers make more money
b)
It lets the nutrients in the soil replenish
c)
Keeps the land in good condition
d)
All of the above
16.
What is the most common form of commercial agriculture in the United States and much of Europe?
a)
Commercial Gardening and Fruit Farming
b)
Mix Crop and Livestock Farming
c)
Dairy Farming
d)
Grain Farming
17.
What is advantage to using Mix Crop and Livestock Farming?
a)
Breaks up the workload and keeps a steady income
b)
Farmers get to relax during the winter season, and rest
c)
Farmers get to make a large amount of money in the summer
d)
None of the above
18.
Commercial Gardening and Fruit Farming typically use what type of labor?
a)
People with a college degree
b)
American citizens
c)
Migrant Workers
d)
Immigrants
19.
True or False: Dairy Farming does not require a lot of labor, since we now havetechnology
a)
True
b)
False
20.
A Milkshed is what?
a)
A shed that is used to keep the temperature of the milk cold
b)
A ring where milk can be produced & wont spoil at the market
c)
The building where the milking of the cows happens
d)
It is a form of a milk dud
21.
Grain farming primarily creates food for...
a)
Humans
b)
Animals
c)
Oil
d)
None of the above
22.
In 1960 developed countries produced __ of the worlds grains and in 2010 they produced ___
a)
1/4, 3/4
b)
1/3, 1/2
c)
1/6, 1/2
d)
1/4, 1/2
23.
Today what percent of Ranchers Lease their land from the United States government?
a)
40%
b)
50%
c)
60%
d)
70%
24.
The "code of the west" refereed to what for Ranchers?
a)
Farmers had control of the land
b)
Ranchers had range rights, their animals had free reign
c)
Ranchers looked out for each other and fought against others
d)
None of the above
25.
Why did Cattle Ranching decline in the 1880’s?
a)
Ranchers started to become farmers, and grow grains
b)
The gold rush pushed people to leaving ranching
c)
It was no longer popular to be a rancher
d)
Came into conflict with sedentary agriculture.
26.
What is the spring wheat belt?
a)
It is part of North America that plants grains in the spring
b)
It is part of North America that picks grains in the spring
c)
It is a part of North America that always is warm
d)
None of the above
27.
What is the Winter wheat belt?
a)
A part of North America that can not produce crops
b)
A part of North America where it is always cold
c)
A part of North America where you pick in the fall
d)
A part of North America where you plant in the fall
28.
What is a reaper?
a)
A machine that harvested, cleaned, and threshed a crop
b)
A machine that cuts grain standing
c)
A combine tractor
d)
All of the above
29.
What type of Agriculture did Von Thünen's Model state would be in the first ring?
a)
Mixed Crops
b)
Dairy/ Gardening
c)
Grains
d)
Ranching
30.
What type of Agriculture did Von Thünen's Model state would be in the last ring?
a)
Grains
b)
Ranching
c)
Mixed Crops
d)
Dairy/ Gardening
31.
Von Thünen's Model had how many assumptions?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
32.
Thunen said intensity of production of crops increased with distance from the market
a)
True
b)
False
33.
What was Von Thunen's Formula?
a)
Profit= Market Price/Production Cost
b)
Profit=Production Costs- Market Price
c)
Profit= Market Price – Production Costs
d)
Profit= Rent from land- transportation
34.
The idea that land value, will decrease as one gets farther away from central markets is.
a)
Proximity of Location
b)
Threshing
c)
Von Thunen's Model
d)
Bid Rent Theory
35.
In Von Thunen's Model what was past his last ring?
a)
Nothing
b)
Unoccupied wilderness
c)
There was 8 rings
d)
This was new settlements of people
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