WorksheetsAP HuG Ch. 9- Food and Agriculture
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 27mins
Because of cultural and environmental factors across space, ______ varies around the world.
farming
economies
subsistence agriculture
populations
Approximately 10,000 years ago, we have known evidence of the earliest domesticated wheat, barely, and rice crops were cultivated in
Asia
Southwest Asia
Southeast Asia
Africa
Choose the options that ARE known agricultural hearths.
Mesopotamia
Yangtze River Valley
Andean Mountains
Mexico's highlands
Due to various push/pull economic factors, such as lack of opportunities in rural areas and higher-paying jobs in cities, there has been a decline in farmers in
MDCs.
LDCs.
the United States.
the World.
On this map you can observe that
maize, potatoes, squash, and peppers were first domesticated in the Americas.
potatoes, peppers, and sorghum were first domesticated in Europe.
coconuts, pigeonpeas, maize, and tomatoes were first domesticated in Southeast Asia.
soybeans, rice, squash, coconuts, and sorghum were first domesticated in East Asia.
Based on this map, you can observe that
llamas, alpacas, and turkeys were domesticated in the Americas.
pigs, goats, and sheep were domesticated in the Americas.
chickens were domesticated in the Central Africa.
horses were domesticated in Europe.
Based on the map, observe that more than 50% of the labor force is engaged in agriculture in
Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq.
Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria.
Kenya, Namibia, and South Africa.
According to the map, maize is the leading energy source in
Ethiopia, Mexico, and Guatemala.
Ethiopia, Sudan, and South Africa.
Mexico, Canada, and the United States.
Ethiopia, Iran, and India.
Using the above map (and momentarily ignoring other cultural and economic factors), we could predict that among the following countries, those most likely to suffer an obesity epidemic in the near future would be
the United States, Mexico, Canada, Australia, and Russia.
the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Brazil, and Ecuador.
the United States, Australia, China, Russia, Pakistan, and India.
the United States, Canada, Australia, Egypt, and Iraq.
The United States had about 60% fewer ____ and 85% fewer ____ in 2000 than it did in 1900.
farms; farmers
farmers; farms
farms; cities
farmers; tractors
Using this map, you can observe that a choropleth map like this might hide details such as
Even in developed countries where the average person spends less than 20 percent of their income on food, inequalities of income may be great enough for many people to remain undernourished.
In developed countries where the average person spends less than 20 percent of their income on food, the average upper-class person may spend more than 40 percent of their income on food.
Even in developing countries where the average person spends more than 40 percent of their income on food, wealthy people must also spend more than 40 percent of their income on food.
In developed countries where the average person spends more than 40 percent of their income on food, other prices are so low that undernourishment is hardly ever a problem.
When a country does not have physical, social, and economic access to safe and nutritious food, they experience
food insecurity.
food security.
food inequalities.
food deficits.
Fact: Meat accounts for one-third of all protein intake in MDCs but only one-fifth in LDCs. This data suggests
MDCs can afford more meat per capita
LDCs are vegetarians by choice.
Cultural taboos exist against meat in LDCs.
MDCs do not produce enough grain to replace meat consumptions.
Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.
Geographer ___ divided the world into 11 agricultural regions.
Derwent Wittlesey
Norman Borlaug
Dan Marsh
Christopher Columbus
Which area did Wittlesey's 11 Agricultural regions NOT include?
His area of nonexistent agriculture.
His area of subsistence agriculture
His mother's backyard
His area of transhumance.
Of Wittlesey's 11 agricultural regions, ___ were in MDCs and ___ were in LDCs.
6;5
10;1
11;1
8;13
Which of the following are examples of subsistence agriculture?
shifting cultivation
pastoral nomadism
intensive
transhumance
Which type of agricultural society is found in isolated places of the world?
Hunting and gathering
Shifting cultivation
Hobbits
Intensive subsistence
Which of the following is NOT practiced by the largest percentage of people around the world?
Hunting & gathering
Shifting cultivation
Pastoral nomadism
Intensive subsistence
Plantation.
You will typically find ____ in dry climates.
Pastoral nomadism
Shifting cultivation
Intensive subsistence
livestock ranching
Transhumance is the seasonal migration of livestock between ___ and ___ pastures.
mountains
lowland
highland
summer
Which form of commercial agriculture is found in LDCs?
Plantations
Mediterranean
Commercial gardening
Agribusiness
Which type of agriculture is characterized by greater use of animal power?
Intensive subsistence
shifting cultivation
plantations
commercial agriculture
Another name for shifting cultivation is
slash-and-burn.
plantation.
aquaculture.
dairying.
Farmers in South China commonly practice double cropping in order to
increase crop yields.
diversify their crops.
maintain the fertility of their fields.
maintain crop prices.
The purpose of ____ is to maintain the fertility of the fields.
crop rotation
double cropping
transhumance
pastoral nomadism
Due to the Asian carp infestation in the Great Lakes, it has been purposed to close the locks and dams on the Illinois River in and near Chicago; however, this is idea has been excluded from consideration because
the waterways are a major transportation link for the region, and Chicago's, economy.
Republicans in the House of Representatives are concerned about taxes on the wealthy.
the waterways are a major transportation link for the region, and St. Louis's, economy.
it is too late and the Asian carp have already infested with waters, and there is no way to remedy the situation at this time.
Truck farming is practiced near
large cities.
interstate highways.
small rural towns.
city downtown districts.
In Middle English truck means
bartering, or exchanging of commodities.
cart.
mobility or movement.
horse or horse-drawn.
Another name for all of the food production industries that can be lumped together under one umbrella is called
agribusiness.
commercial farming.
mixed crop and livestock farming.
commercial gardening and fruit farming.
This model was used to explain the importance of ____ to the market.
proximity
crop prices
food processing
commercial farming
Who created this model?
von Thunen
Wittlesey
Borlaug
Russell
Which type of farming is a type of system created for farmers to provide crops as food for livestock and livestock provide manure for crop fertilization?
Mixed crops and livestock
Pastoral nomadism
Shifting cultivation
Commercial farming
Besides maize (corn), which crop is important in the U.S. mixed crop and livestock region?
Soybeans
Wheat
Beets
Sorghum
According to von Thunen, what is the primary factor for choose commercial farm products?
Market location
Land prices
Terroir
Labor costs
Von Thunen's model can best be used to explain the location of which of the following types of agriculture?
dairying in the northeast United States
shifting cultivation in the tropics of Brazil.
Mediterranean agriculture along the south of France
intensive subsistence in Southeast Asia
Pastoral nomadism is practiced in a climate region that is similar to
ranching.
mixed crop and livestock.
dairying.
Mediterranean agriculture.
Excessive crop planting without crop rotation, deforestation, and overgrazing can all lead to
desertification.
slash and burn agriculture.
soil depletion.
desalination.
Which of the following is taking away prime agricultural land?
Urban land uses
Oil drilling
Nature preserves and historical sites
Grazing land
Which Revolution is best described as the diffusion of more productive agricultural techniques in the 1970s and 1980s?
Green
1st Agricultural
2nd Agricultural
Industrial
Which group is able to increase their food supply by intensifying production through increased labor supply and the addition of new farming techniques?
Subsistence farmers
Ranchers
Fisherman
Mixed crop and livestock farmers
Which "miracle" seed is associated with the Green Revolution?
Wheat
Corn
Rice
Soybeans
Normal Borlaug won the ____ in 1970 for his work on the Green Revolution.
Nobel Peace Prize
Pulitzer Prize
Gandhi Peace Prize
World Peace Prize
Which of these is a strategy for increasing food supply?
Expanding arable land area
Ensuring sustainable land productivity
Identifying new food sources
Increasing export of surplus production
Which of these types of soil cultivation reduces soil erosion and runoff?
crop rotation
conservation tillage/no-till
multi-cropping
truck farming
___ mixes genetic material from species that would not otherwise mix in nature.
GMO
GE
GM
cross breeding
Which of these is seen as a negative to using GMO seeds?
Long-term GMO use may reduce effectiveness of antibiotics.
Long-term GMO use could destroy long-standing ecological balances in local agriculture.
There is an implicit long-term dependence on the US as a supplier
Import markets are likely to reject foods not properly labeled as GMO.
Monsanto is an American Trans-National Corporation that is closely associated with
GMs
GEs
GMOs
Cross breeding
Which of these is true about GMOs?
Approximately 10% of all farmland, worldwide, is devoted to GMO crops.
Over 75% of all foodstuffs Americans consume has GMO products.
North America produces around 50% of all GMO foods.
The NAFTA nations, have all embraced the idea of labeling GMO foods.
Africa is reluctant to adopt GMOs because it negatively influences their export opportunities to Europe.
Japan is the the developed nation that leads the world in _____ today.
food importing
food exporting
food consumption
food preservation
Farmers in LDCs choose to grow drug crops for export mainly because of their market value in _____.
MDCs.
the United States.
South America.
Europe.
Which of these has NOT been the GREATEST challenge to the world food supply?
Drought
Global Warming
Military Conflict
Food Prices
Limited Labor
The threat of ____ is MOST persistent on the Horn of Africa and the Sahel.
famine
starvation
undernourishment
malnutrition
