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Agriculture and Land Use

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The second agricultural revolution allowed a ________ in food supplies.

a)

shortage

b)

surplus

c)

decline

d)

dehydration

2.

When did agriculture begin?

a)

Around 10,000 years ago

b)

Around 100,000 years ago

c)

Around 100 years ago

d)

Last week

3.

Consists of improvements to agriculture brought about by the application of modern scientific methods to the development of new crop varieties and agricultural inputs.

a)

Green Revolution

b)

October Revolution

c)

Blue Revolution

d)

French Revolution

4.

An early center of human agricultural development is called a...

a)

Center

b)

Hearth

c)

Gathering

d)

Land

5.

Overgrazing and overfarming pasture areas has contributed to which problem?

a)

Desertification

b)

Soil loss

c)

Acid rain

d)

Famine

6.

Which form of subsistence agriculture is likely to be found in areas with heavy rainfall?

a)

Pastoral nomadism

b)

Mixed crop and livestock

c)

Wet rice cultivation

d)

Plantation agriculture

7.

Which of the following is NOT a result of the First Agricultural Revolution?

a)

Permanent settlements

b)

Stable food supply

c)

Population decline

d)

Job specialization

8.

Which agricultural technology was central to the Second Agricultural Revolution?

a)

Steel plow

b)

Biotechnology

c)

Combine harvester

d)

Chemical fertilizer

9.

The Third Agricultural Revolution is also known as _____________

a)

The Crop Revolution

b)

The Neolithic Agricultural Revolution

c)

The Green Revolution

10.

This settlement pattern involves a number of buildings or houses not that close to each other but are within the same locality.

a)

Dispersed

b)

Isolated

c)

Nucleated

d)

Linear

11.

This is a settlement pattern that is usually developed along the road, railways, established routes or waterways.

a)

Linear

b)

Dispersed

c)

Isolated

d)

Nucleated

12.

This type of settlement pattern has a center point and develop from the middle outwards.

a)

Dispersed

b)

Nucleated

c)

Isolated

d)

Linear

13.

Domestication means?

a)

Using animals for food

b)

A tool making process

c)

To tame wild plants and animals

d)

Foraging for edible plants

14.

1.     What do you call a flooded parcel of land that is used to grow rice or other semiaquatic crops?

a)

paddy field

b)

river bed

c)

pasture

d)

inclave

15.

What new technology was used in the Second Agricultural revolution in Europe?

a)

chemical fertilizers

b)

Seed drill

c)

hybrid seeds

d)

hydraulics

16.

How is food production increased?

a)

gardening

b)

foraging

c)

Agriculture

d)

revolution

17.

After 1990 what is most land used for?

a)

Other

b)

Forest

c)

cropland and pasture

d)

cropland

18.

BEFORE 1700 what is most land used for?

a)

Forest and Other

b)

Forest

c)

cropland and pasture

d)

cropland

19.

What is the main change in the types of farming?

a)

Intensive Agriculture is the most common

b)

There are no natural ecosystems

c)

Substance farming is the most popular

d)

Natural Ecosystems are on the rise

20.

What is the main characteristic of a cluster/nuclear settlement?

a)

Houses are built along a transport link

b)

There are not many houses

c)

Houses are close together

d)

Houses are far from each other