WorksheetsUnit 4: Agriculture
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
In which form of commercial agriculture are crops produced primarily for feed animals?
Mixed Crop and Livestock
Plantation
Mediterranean
Grain Farming
Which of the following is a form of subsistance agriculture?
Grain farming
Mediterranean agriculture
Livestock ranching
Slash and burn farming
Which of the following is a primary characteristic of Borlaug's Green Revolution?
Crop Diversification
Biotechnology
Global warming
Government subsidies
Which of the following would make increasing the food supply more difficult?
increasing exports of surplus production
increasing land productivity
increasing tariffs on grain exports
identifying new food sources
Which of the following activities is MOST likely to be found in the outermost ring of the von Thϋnen Model?
Dairy farming
Subsistence farming
Extensive grain or livestock grazing/ranching
Market gardening
According to the von Thϋnen Model, the crops grown in an area are most directly related to their transportation costs. Which of the following would MOST likely be produced closest to a major market?
Wheat
Almonds
Milk
Dried Spices
Which is a characteristic of shifting cultivation?
land is cleared by slashing the vegetation
debris is burned to provide the soil with nutrients
a new site is designated every few years
all are characteristics
Which type of agriculture often uses machinery and technology to increase yields?
commercial agriculture
subsistence agriculture
Which type of agriculture rarely produces a surplus of crops?
commercial agriculture
subsistence agriculture
Which type of agriculture makes up a large percentage of the labor force in LDCs?
commercial agriculture
subsistence agriculture
Which type of agriculture is often associated with the term agribusiness?
commercial agriculture
subsistence agriculture
Which type of agriculture often uses animals to replace human labor?
commercial agriculture
subsistence agriculture
Which type of agriculture makes products that are often sold to large companies like Kraft or General Mills?
commercial agriculture
subsistence agriculture
Which type of agriculture includes Mediterranean, Plantation, and Slash and Burn?
commercial agriculture
subsistence agriculture
How much of an agricultural product is produced.
Yield
Polarizing
Conventional
To cause two conflicting sides of an argument
Yield
Polarizing
Conventional
The standard way of doing something
Yield
Polarizing
Conventional
What Agricultural activity taking place in area A
Pastoral Nomadism
Shifting Cultivation
Intensive Subsistence (rice)
Livestock Ranching
What Agricultural activity taking place in area B
Pastoral Nomadism
Shifting Cultivation
Intensive Subsistence (rice)
Livestock Ranching
What Agricultural activity taking place in area C
Pastoral Nomadism
Shifting Cultivation
Intensive Subsistence (rice)
Livestock Ranching
What Agricultural activity taking place in area D
Pastoral Nomadism
Shifting Cultivation
Intensive Subsistence (rice)
Livestock Ranching
What Agricultural activity taking place in area A
Mediterranean
Dairy
Mixed Crop and Livestock
Grain
What Agricultural activity taking place in area B
Mediterranean
Dairy
Mixed Crop and Livestock
Grain
What Agricultural activity taking place in area C
Mediterranean
Dairy
Mixed Crop and Livestock
Grain
What Agricultural activity taking place in area D
Mediterranean
Dairy
Mixed Crop and Livestock
Grain
Which country is #1
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Italy
Greece
Which country is #2
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Italy
Greece
Which country is #3
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Italy
Greece
Which country is #4
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Italy
Greece
Which country is #5
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Italy
Greece
