WorksheetsUnit 7 - Agriculture
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is TRUE of hunter/gatherer societies?
a)
Found in isolated places
b)
Comprise 25% of total population
c)
Live in very large groups
d)
Rarely, if ever, migrate/move to new locations
2.
Why do hunter/gatherer societies migrate?
a)
New entertainment options
b)
War
c)
Follow migration of plants/animals
d)
Signs from the heavens
3.
Which type of agriculture is practiced by the largest percentage of the world's people?
a)
hunting and gathering
b)
shifting cultivation
c)
pastoral nomadism
d)
intensive subsistence
4.
Which of the following have aided commercial farmers in MDCs?
a)
transportation improvements and the rise of sea levels
b)
scientific advances and the reduction in the need for electronics
c)
transportation improvements, scientific advances, and electronics
d)
ancient irrigation projects that can be refitted for modern farming
5.
Asian agriculture is characterized by shortages of all but which of the following?
a)
equipment
b)
labor
c)
funds
d)
land
6.
In the United States many farms are integrated into a large food production industry. This is known as
a)
commercial farming.
b)
food processing.
c)
agribusiness.
d)
mechanized farming.
7.
________ model is used by geographers to explain the importance of proximity to the market in the choice of crops to the commercial farm.
a)
McKinley's
b)
Iqbel's
c)
Whittlesey's
d)
von Thünen's
8.
This type of agriculture is common with commercial farmers who convert their operations to preserve and enhance environmental quality.
a)
sustainable agriculture
b)
aquafarming
c)
crop rotation
d)
Green Revolution
9.
A major practice of sustainable agriculture is
a)
the lack of integration of crops and livestock.
b)
agribusiness.
c)
limited use of chemicals.
d)
an increased "green revolution"
10.
This system of planting crops on hillsides to protect the soil is common in parts of South East Asia and in the Mediterranean region.
a)
ridge tillage
b)
pastoral nomadism
c)
sustainable agriculture
d)
subsistence agriculture
11.
Which of the following is NOT a main commercial use of corn?
a)
paper products
b)
animal feed
c)
human consumption
d)
ethenol
12.
Which of the following is NOT a potential health concern associated with consuming too much food (like high fructose corn syrup)?
a)
Type II Diabetes
b)
Old Age
c)
Heart Disease
d)
Some forms of cancer
13.
The maize/corn currently in the U.S. originated from which country?
a)
the United States
b)
Canada
c)
Zurnistan
d)
Mexico
14.
Cattle/agriculture account for _________ of all the antibiotics used in the United States.
a)
3%
b)
25%
c)
70%
d)
97%
15.
In 1973, the United States Secretary of Agriculture, Earl Butz, started this policy in regard to agriculture in the United States.
a)
Curtailment
b)
Containment
c)
Expansion
d)
Subsistence
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