Worksheets03-04-2021
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following is a characteristic of shifting cultivation?
Dependency on irrigation
Sharecropping
Production of cash crops for export
Demand for wage laborers
Multicropping
Which of the following is a subsistence crop?
Corn
Cotton
Rubber
Cocoa
Timber
Which of the following statements best describes the impact of improvements in transportation systems on agriculture?
Local markets have become more important for dairy farmers.
Individual farms have become more diversified.
Corporate farms have gained a greater advantage over family farms.
Subsistence farmers are given great advantages.
Cuisines have become more regionalized.
Based on Von Thunen's model of rural land use in an isolated state, which statements explains the most suitable place for a farmer to purchase a large parcel of land necessary for raising livestock?
The ring closest to the market, because livestock are perishable goods and need to reach the market quickly.
The ring closest to the market, because the land is more fertile for growing feed for livestock compared to other areas.
The second ring, because livestock are heavy and more expensive to transport to market.
The third ring, because the livestock would be closer to the suburban market areas with moderate transportation costs.
The ring farthest from the market, because the land is less expensive and outweighs transportation costs to get the livestock to market.
Land parcels in the American Midwest tend to be rectilinear because
the federal survey system adopted in the late eighteenth century imposed a geometric pattern on the landscape.
Native American settlement patterns were rectangular
English-speaking settlers replicated the landscape patterns of England
Spanish colonists laid out settlement in a rigid geometric pattern
there were no mountains or rivers to use as boundaries
Which of the following activities is most likely to be found in the outermost zone of Von Thunen's model of agricultural land use?
Mixed farming
Subsistence farming
Specialty farming
Dairying and market gardening
Extensive grain or stock raising
A set of economic and political relationships that organizes food production from the development of seed to marketing the products is known as
food processing
mechanized farming
mixed crop and livestock farming
agribusiness
commercial farming
Women played a crucial role in the domestication of plants because they
were interested in varying the diets of their families
were engaged in collecting plant resources
were agile climbers on the hillsides of the Fertile Crescent
knew how to achieve control over their environment
traveled long distances from their home base
Traditional labor-intensive agriculture often involves which of the following
Field Terracing
Mechanical Plowing
Hybrid Seeds
Use of Pesticides
High Levels of Debt
The industrialization and mechanization of agriculture in the United States during the past 70 years have resulted in
a decrease in the number of farms and an increase in the size of farms
an increase in the number of farms and a decrease in the size of farm fields
an increase in the diversity of crops and animals grown on individual farms
an increase in the economic viability of small towns in the agricultural regions
a decrease in the tonnage of pesticides and herbicides used on cropland
Which of the following forms of agriculture would best be described as extensive farming?
Citrus production and vineyards to produce table grapes
Dairy and poultry farming
Truck farming and hothouses to produce vegetables
Cattle ranching and wheat farming
Floral horticulture and tree nurseries
Which of the following best explains how the expansion of feedlots for raising cattle has affected environmental sustainability in rural areas?
Concentrating large numbers of farm animals in small spaces has decreased the release of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Runoff from animal waste has increased the pollution in local water supplies.
Feed grains have eliminated potentially harmful invasive plant species from farmland.
Land development has increased the available water supply for other farming practices.
Composted manure has introduced valuable nutrients into previously depleted soils.
A food assemblage that includes olives, pita bread, cheese, figs, lamb, and wine is most associated with which of the following?
Spain
Greece
Mexico
France
Russia
In North America, which of the following frequently consumed items is most likely to be supplied by a trans-national corporation?
Milk
Water
Coffee
Electricity
Bread
Between 1950 and 1990, wheat production in Indian in average pounds per acre more than tripled, which allowed India to meet its population's need for food. Which of the following best explains this change?
The elimination of poverty in India's rural regions
The use of genetically modified seeds
The increase in microloan programs that provide farmers with credit
The use of large farm tractors and combine harvesters
The use of improved plant hybrids and agricultural chemicals
Which of the following explains an impact of globalized agricultural commodity chains on consumers as compared to producers?
Drought and depletion of groundwater sources in developing countries cause a rise in global grain prices and associated higher costs for food.
The shift from subsistence farming to value-added agriculture by small farmers in developed countries causes a drop in profits for global agribusiness corporations.
The imposition of government-imposed tariffs on specialty crops in order to protect domestic farmers causes a worldwide decrease in all farm products.
Farmers in developing countries who are unable to gain access to global food markets to sell their goods protest, leading to global unrest.
Agricultural production with a focus on monocropping cash crops creates more vulnerability in a country's exports if consumer preferences shift to a different commodity.
In which of the following areas was wheat most probably domesticated earliest?
Southern Italy
Northern Libya
The plateau of central Mexico
Eastern China
Southeastern Turkey
Which of the following is the most often cited environmental benefit of the eat-local movement?
Less fossil fuel is used in transporting food to market.
Fewer pesticides are used by farmers.
Less topsoil is lost to wind and water erosion.
There is less demand for chemical fertilizers.
It helps local and regional economies.
Corn (maize) was first domesticated in
Northern Argentina
the Tibetan plateau
the Canadian prairie
Central Mexico
Central Australia
Which of the following best explains why farmers would plant both strawberries and watermelons in the same field?
Limited farmland encourages intensive farming and monocropping to produce high yields.
Unlimited farmland encourages intensive farming with intercropping to produce high yields.
Unlimited farmland encourages extensive farming with intercropping to produce high yields.
Limited farmland encourages extensive farming with monocropping to produce high yields.
Limited farmland encourages intensive farming with intercropping to produce high yields.
