WorksheetsIdentify and Describe Agricultural Regions
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where would you expect to see pastoral nomadism practiced?
a)
Southwest, Central, and East Asia
b)
North Africa
c)
Sub-Saharan Africa
d)
Latin America
e)
Southeast Asia
2.
Where would you expect to see shifting cultivation practiced?
a)
Southwest, Central, and East Asia
b)
North Africa
c)
Sub-Saharan Africa
d)
Latin America
e)
Southeast Asia
3.
Where would you expect to see plantation agriculture practiced?
a)
Central Europe
b)
Midwestern U.S. and Canada
c)
Sub-Saharan Africa
d)
Latin America
e)
South and Southeast Asia
4.
Where would you expect to see grain farming practiced?
a)
North Central United States
b)
South Central Canada
c)
Eastern Europe
d)
Southeastern United States
e)
Southeastern Australia
5.
Where would you expect to see intensive subsistence practiced?
a)
Near large populations
b)
In the middle of nowhere
c)
Central Asia
d)
Southern Africa
e)
South, Southeast, and East Asia
6.
The result of overgrazing in semi-arid climates is
a)
environmental modification
b)
desertification
c)
aquaculture
d)
desalination
7.
Farmers that produce food that they need to survive on a daily basis are called
a)
Commercial agriculture
b)
Industrial agriculture
c)
Slash-and-burn agriculture
d)
subsistence agriculture
8.
Which type of agriculture is found primarily in developing countries?
a)
Plantation
b)
Truck farming
c)
Mediterranean
d)
Livestock ranching
9.
All of the following are types of subsistence agriculture EXCEPT
a)
pastoral nomadism.
b)
shifting cultivation.
c)
swidden agriculture
d)
truck farming
10.
Physiological density is defined as
a)
the average farm production compared to arable land.
b)
the number of farmers as compared to the total population.
c)
the number of people compared to arable land.
d)
the number of farms compared to the total land area.
11.
Where is commercial agricultural found?
a)
Developing Countries
b)
Developed Countries
12.
According to Carl Sauer, there are two distinctive types of agriculture
a)
vegetative planting and double-cropping
b)
shifting cultivation and vegetative planting
c)
vegetative planting and seed agriculture
d)
slash-and-burn agriculture and double-cropping
13.
Agricultural hearths developed in four areas around the world EXCEPT
a)
Central America
b)
Eastern Europe
c)
Northwestern South America
d)
Western Africa
14.
Which of the following agricultural products are NOT cash crops?
a)
cocoa
b)
coffee
c)
cotton
d)
corn
15.
Pastoral nomadism is:
a)
supported by agribusiness.
b)
capital-intensive.
c)
centered around cash crop production.
d)
found mostly in less-developed countries.
16.
Commercial agriculture practiced in the tropics is called
a)
Intensive subsistence agriculture
b)
plantation agriculture
c)
shifting cultivation
d)
paddy rice farming
17.
Amount of crops produced per unit area
a)
Diet
b)
Famine
c)
Malnutrition
d)
Yield
18.
Refers to land that can be used to grow crops
a)
Desertification
b)
Domesticated
c)
Arable
d)
Overharvesting
19.
Process by which human activities or climate change make areas more desert-like
a)
Desertification
b)
Domesticated
c)
Arable
d)
Overharvesting
20.
Raising of aquatic plants or animals for human use
a)
Aquaculture
b)
Overharvesting
c)
Arable
d)
Famine
21.
What three grains provide most of the world's calories?
a)
rice, soybean, corn
b)
cassava, soybean, wheat
c)
barley, oats, corn
d)
wheat, corn, rice
22.
Which type of soil conservation strategy is being used in this picture?
a)
windbreaks
b)
contour plowing
c)
alley cropping
d)
terracing
23.
The result of overgrazing in semi-arid climates is
a)
environmental modification
b)
desertification
c)
aquaculture
d)
desalination
24.
Which crop is associated with intensive agriculture?
a)
Corn
b)
Rice
c)
Wheat
d)
Cotton
25.
Farmers that produce food that they need to survive on a daily basis are called
a)
Commercial agriculture
b)
Industrial agriculture
c)
Slash-and-burn agriculture
d)
subsistence agriculture
26.
Which of the following statements is true?
a)
Only animals have hearths.
b)
Only crops have hearths.
c)
Different animals and crops emerged from different hearths.
d)
All domesticated animals emerged from the same hearth.
27.
Typically, slash & burn agriculture leads to:
a)
shifting cultivation
b)
plantation farming
c)
aquaculture
d)
pastoralism
28.
Truck farming typically includes the sale of:
a)
fish
b)
fruits
c)
livestock
d)
soybeans
29.
Which of the following crops is produced in large amounts in the United States?
a)
cassava
b)
coffee
c)
rice
d)
wheat
30.
The Earth area of permanent human settlement is called the ____________.
a)
ecumene
b)
hot zone
c)
geophenom
d)
civilized world
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