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World Agriculture Regions

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the primary form of agriculture shown in the map provided?
a)
Wheat
b)
Limes
c)
Cherries
d)
Walnuts
2.

What is the primary form of agriculture shown in the map provided?

a)

Coffee

b)

Cows

c)

Grapes

d)

Wheat

3.
Subsistence farming is still common in each of these regions EXCEPT
a)
Region A
b)
Region B
c)
Region C
d)
Region D
4.
Which of the 5 Themes of Geography do geographers MOST closely study when looking at farming practices around the world?
a)
Location and Region
b)
Region and Place
c)
Movement and Location
d)
Human-Environment Interaction and Place
5.
What is the BEST title for this chart?
a)
Commercial Agriculture/Subsistence Agriculture
b)
Modern Agriculture/Traditional Agriculture
c)
Subsistence Agriculture/Commercial Agriculture
d)
Life in LDCs/Life in MDCs
6.

The number one, most widespread crop grown in the world is

a)

maize/corn

b)

wheat

c)

oats

d)

potatoes

7.
Refers to land that can be used to grow crops
a)
Desertification
b)
Domesticated
c)
Arable
d)
Overharvesting
8.
Process by which human activities or climate change make areas more desert-like
a)
Desertification
b)
Domesticated
c)
Arable
d)
Overharvesting
9.
Desertification is caused by:
a)
An increase in the eating of desserts
b)
A decrease in population in desert areas
c)
The degradation of soil in semi-arid regions
d)
Droughts in tropical regions
10.
The kind of agriculture practiced most widely around the world, especially is less developed economies.  Food and other goods are produced by a family in order to survive.
a)
Gross Domestic Product
b)
Subsistence Agriculture
c)
Market Oriented Agriculture
d)
Commercial Industry
11.

The map shows the US Corn Belt... What type of farming region is this?

a)

plantation

b)

smallholder

c)

Mediterranean

d)

mixed grain and livestock

12.

Which climate region has dry, sunny, warm summers with mild wetter winters? It is found in popular vacation areas with scrub woodland and grassland.

a)

marine west coast

b)

tropical rain forest

c)

Mediterranean

d)

humid continental

13.

Which of the following agricultural practices is found covering large swaths of North Africa and the Middle East?

a)

Slash and Burn

b)

Mediterranean

c)

Truck

d)

Pastoralism

e)

Plantation

14.

Which of the following export-oriented cash crops is often grown in formerly European colonial regions (Plantations)?

a)

Wheat

b)

Rubber

c)

Sorghum

d)

Corn

e)

Millet

15.

The use of large amounts of land to grow food to feed only the farmer's family is

a)

intensive subsistence agriculture

b)

intensive commercial agriculture

c)

extensive subsistence agriculture

d)

extensive commercial agriculture

e)

ranching

16.

The majority of the world's population that is involved in agriculture is involved in which type of agriculture?

a)

Pastoral nomadism

b)

Mediterranean agriculture

c)

Shifting cultivation

d)

Subsistence farming

e)

Plantation agriculture

17.

The process of growing crops such as Cacao or Coffee in subsistence areas for sale in more developed countries is what type of farming?

a)

Slash-and-burn farming

b)

Plantation agriculture

c)

Intensive subsistence agriculture

d)

Shifting cultivation

e)

Commercial agriculture

18.

Three of the largest dairy regions in the United States are in the Northeast (New York and Pennsylvania), the Upper Midwest (Wisconsin and Minnesota), and California. What explains this phenomenon?

a)

The transportation systems are much better in these areas.

b)

The climates are much more conductive to raising dairy cattle.

c)

Large urban centers are located in each zone.

d)

Industrial output is much greater due to the crops produced in this region.

e)

There are more milk drinkers (consumers) in these parts of the country than other parts.

19.
The different areas of the world where Mediterranean agriculture is predominant have similar:
a)
cultural beliefs.
b)
climate.
c)
social customs.
d)
levels of livestock production with the mixed crop and livestock regions.
20.
Which of the following is least likely to be produced in Mediterranean agriculture?
a)
grapes
b)
olives
c)
figs
d)
butter
21.

All of the following are forms of commercial agriculture except:

a)

dairy farming.

b)

commercial gardening.

c)

cattle ranching.

d)

pastoral nomadism.

e)

grain farming.

22.

All of the following crops might be grown on a truck farm except:

a)

green beans.

b)

okra.

c)

strawberries.

d)

watermelons.

e)

rice.

23.

Which is not a form of subsistence agriculture?

a)

Mediterranean

b)

shifting cultivation

c)

pastoral nomadism

d)

intensive wet rice

24.
Why type of agriculture is found primarily is LDCs?
a)
Truck farming
b)
Commercial gardening and fruit farming
c)
Livestock ranching
d)
Plantation
25.
Which is not a characteristic of shifting cultivation?
a)
Land is cleared by slashing the vegetation
b)
Debris is burned to provide the soil with nutrients
c)
A new site is designated every few years
d)
All of the above are characteristics 
26.
Which type of agriculture is practiced by the largest percentage of the world's people?
a)
Intensive subsistence
b)
Hunting and gathering
c)
Pastoral nomadism
d)
Plantation
27.
Which crop is associated with intensive agriculture?
a)
Corn
b)
Rice
c)
Wheat
d)
Cotton
28.

What type of farming is practiced to produce food for sale off the farm?

a)

commercial

b)

subsistence

c)

seed

d)

vegetative

29.

Which type of farming is most common in the shaded areas?

a)

pastoral nomadism

b)

slash and burn

c)

mixed crop and livestock

d)

commercial truck farming

30.

The terraces in the image are used for _____________ farming.

a)

mixed crop and livestock

b)

commercial grain

c)

Intensive wet rice

d)

pastoral nomadism

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