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WorksheetsUnit 6 - Agriculture
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The content of the soil, its depth and texture significantly influence agricultural activity
TRUE
FALSE
Which type of agriculture deals with growing crops and raising livestock to feed the family only?
Pastoral Agriculture
Subsistence Agriculture
Commercial Agriculture
Surplus Agriculture
'Slash and burn' agriculture is a -
Shifting agriculture
Intensive agriculture
Commercial agriculture
None of these
Which on of the following is incorrect as regards to commercial farming?
Use of heavy doses of modern inputs
Crops are grown for sale
Family members are involved in growing crops
Practised on large land holdings
Vegetation is usually cleared to facilitate agriculture. Which TWO impacts are identified here?
Global Warming
Pollution
Deforestation
Land Development
The service industry would be which economic activity?
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quatenary
According to the Von Thunen model why would dairy farming be closest to the urban center.
To access the fertilizer.
To protect the cows.
To use as transportation.
The cows require constant attention.
Minnesota's cadastral system is.....
Township and Range
Metes and Bounds
Longlot Survey
Irregular System
A longlot system of land survey uses what as it's baseline?
Latitude
Longitude
A physical feature.
A river or shoreline.
What is best associated with the 3rd Agriculture Revolution?
Plant Domesitication
Animal Domestication
Advanced farming tools.
Genetic Modifications, herbicides, and pesticides.
The 3rd ag revolution is benefiting everyone around the globe?
True
False
Genetically modified crops and animals are proven to be bad for human consumption.
True
False
In the U.S. there are currently more women in agriculture than men.
True
False
The main cause for the move from subsistence farming to cash crops was....
Overproduction
Colonialism
Crop Rotation needs.
Floods and Drought
About how many animals have been domesticated for farming?
1000
100
50
15
