WorksheetsAPHUG QUIZ: CHAPTER 13
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which statement accurately describes the
concept of subsistence farming?
a)
(A) Most subsistence farming occurs in semiperipheral countries, where farmers utilize technology due to the high costs of labor.
b)
(B) Most subsistence farming occurs in rural areas of core countries, where farmers lack access to economic resources and global markets.
c)
(C) Most subsistence farming occurs in rural areas of peripheral countries, where farmers lack access to economic resources and global markets.
d)
(D) Most subsistence farming occurs in rural areas where credit and markets are readily available but cheap labor is used instead of expensive technology.
e)
(E) Most subsistence farming occurs in peripheral countries, where emerging markets provide ample economic resources but costs of labor and transportation are high.
2.
Which statement accurately describes the
concept of commercial farming?
a)
(A) Commercial farming typically occurs in peripheral countries with limited market access and involves expensive equipment
b)
(B) Commercial farming typically occurs in core countries with access to global markets and involves expensive machinery and large plots of land.
c)
(C) Commercial farming typically occurs in core countries with access to global markets and relies on large-scale manual labor on small parcels of land.
d)
(D) Commercial farming typically occurs in peripheral countries with access to global markets and involves expensive equipment and large parcels of land.
e)
(E) Commercial farming typically occurs in semi-peripheral countries with limited market access and relies on large-scale manual labor on small parcels of land.
3.
In South Africa, subsistence farms that grow
food for the farmers’ consumption exist next to
commercial farms that export crops. This is an
example of which of the following agricultural
concepts?
a)
(A) Crop-rotation agribusiness
b)
(B) Dual agricultural economy
c)
(C) Hybrid agricultural economy
d)
(D) Dual-technology agribusiness
e)
(E) Divergent agricultural economy
4.
Which of the following contributed to the
increased emphasis on economies of scale in
farming?
a)
(A) Agricultural tariffs
b)
(B) Modern farming technology
c)
(C) Improved subsistence farming
d)
(D) The second agricultural revolution
e)
(E) Expanding local agricultural markets
5.
Scientists sometimes breed different varieties
of plants to enhance specific characteristics,
such as making wheat more frost tolerant.
Which of the following terms refers to this
agricultural process?
a)
(A) Hybridization
b)
(B) Organic farming
c)
(C) Contour farming
d)
(D) Natural selection
e)
(E) Commodity specialization
6.
A country’s government provides a financial
incentive for farmers to grow a particular crop.
This is an example of which of the following?
a)
(A) Agricultural socialism
b)
(B) Free-market capitalism
c)
(C) An agricultural cooperative
d)
(D) A government agricultural policy
e)
(E) A government free-market policy
7.
. Which of the following terms refers to the
scenario of a company owning and controlling
more than one stage of the production of
goods?
a)
(A) Terraced farming
b)
(B) Commodity chain
c)
(C) Vertical integration
d)
(D) Pyramid agriculture
e)
(E) Dual agricultural economy
8.
Which term refers to the network that connects
places of production with distribution to
consumers?
a)
(A) Terraced farming
b)
(B) Commodity chain
c)
(C) Vertical integration
d)
(D) Pyramid agriculture
e)
(E) Dual agricultural economy
9.
An increase in the cost of fertilizer would have
the most immediate effect on which stage of
the food supply system?
a)
(A) Agricultural inputs
b)
(B) Producers
c)
(C) Processors
d)
(D) Retailers and food services
e)
(E) Consumers
10.
Grocery stores can’t get packages of yeast to
sell. The yeast growers say they have plenty
of product but materials for packaging it aren’t
available. At which stage of the food supply
system is the problem likely occurring?
a)
(A) Agricultural inputs
b)
(B) Producers
c)
(C) Processors
d)
(D) Distributors
e)
(E) Consumers
11.
Which of the following terms refers to a
form of aid and insurance given by the
federal government to certain farmers and
agribusinesses?
a)
(A) Farm tariffs
b)
(B) Farm subsidies
c)
(C) Farm dividends
d)
(D) Farm commodities
e)
(E) Farm buybacks
12.
Based on the information in the graph, which of
the following statements accurately describes
the state of the soybean market prior to
summer 2018?
a)
(A) The price of soybeans in the United States was generally much lower than the price of soybeans in China.
b)
(B) The price of soybeans in the United States was generally much lower than the price of soybeans in Brazil.
c)
(C) The price of soybeans in the United States was generally much higher than the price of soybeans in Brazil.
d)
(D) The price of soybeans in the United States was generally aligned with the price of soybeans in Brazil.
e)
(E) The price of soybeans in the United States was generally aligned with the price of soybeans in China.
13.
Which of the following statements best
explains the reason for the dramatic change
in U.S. soybean prices beginning in summer
2018?
a)
(A) Chinese tariffs on U.S. soybeans raised the price for that product in China, which reduced demand there, causing the price of U.S. soybeans to drop.
b)
(B) Chinese tariffs on U.S. soybeans raised the price for that product in China, which increased demand there, causing the price of U.S. soybeans to drop.
c)
(C) Chinese tariffs on U.S. soybeans lowered the price for that product in China, which increased demand there, causing the price of U.S. soybeans to drop.
d)
(D) Chinese tariffs on U.S. soybeans lowered the price for that product in China, which reduced demand there, causing the price of U.S. soybeans to drop.
e)
(E) Chinese tariffs on U.S. soybeans raised the price for that product in the United States, which increased demand there, causing the price of U.S. soybeans to drop.
14.
Which model is shown above?
a)
(A) Bid-rent model
b)
(B) von Thünen model
c)
(C) Distance decay model
d)
(D) Demographic transition model
e)
(E) Epidemiological transition model
15.
. Which of the following statements best explains the location of the forest belt in this model?
a)
(A) Wood is easy and cheap to transport to the market so forests are grown close to the market where land is cheaper.
b)
(B) Since wood was also needed to build farms, the forests needed to be centrally located on cheap land outside the market.
c)
(C) The forests served as a protective barrier for the market, so they were located on the more expensive land closer to the market.
d)
(D) Wood was needed for heating, cooking, and building, and its high transportation costs meant that the forests should be located near the market.
e)
(E) The forests served as a natural barrier between the polluted market and the pristine countryside where crops and livestock were raised.
16.
Which of the following statements best explains
the location of the field-crop belt in this model?
a)
(A) Field crops were expensive to store and transport, so they couldn’t be located on land farthest from the market.
b)
(B) Field crops require lots of relatively flat land near irrigation, so they were located on the more expensive land farther from the market.
c)
(C) Field crops were used to feed the livestock on the farms and ranches, so they needed to be located on cheaper land near the farms and ranches.
d)
(D) Field crops required both timber for building storage facilities and livestock to pull farm equipment, so they were located between the forests and ranches.
e)
(E) Field crops are less perishable and easier to transport, so they were located on less expensive land farther from the market, but not on the cheapest land.
17.
Which of the following terms refers to the ability
to quickly exchange goods across distances,
as a result of more efficient transportation
systems?
a)
(A) Green Revolution
b)
(B) Global supply chain
c)
(C) Industrial Revolution
d)
(D) Local-farm movement
e)
(E) Time-space compression
18.
. Which of the following statements most
accurately explains a mutually beneficial
agricultural relationship between core and
peripheral countries?
a)
(A) Peripheral countries provide financial support to core countries to gain access to the global supply chain.
b)
(B) Core countries provide financial support to peripheral countries to improve transportation infrastructure, so that commodities can be sent to the global supply chain.
c)
(C) Core countries provide financial incentives for peripheral countries to focus their agriculture on a specific crop, increasing the peripheral country’s dependence on that crop.
d)
(D) Core countries agree to purchase a particular amount of a commodity at a particular price from a peripheral country, increasing the core country’s dependence on that supplier.
e)
(E) Peripheral countries provide financial incentives for core countries to purchase a specific crop, so that the peripheral country can continue focusing their agriculture on that crop.
19.
Which of the following statements best explains the practice of monocropping that exists in many peripheral countries?
a)
(A) Many peripheral countries lack biodiversity and are only suitable for growing one crop.
b)
(B) Colonialism and colonization promoted the growth of one crop that had become popular in the markets of the colonizing power.
c)
(C) Agricultural best practices encourage countries to focus on one crop in order to maintain a balanced ecology.
d)
(D) Globalization has encouraged peripheral countries to focus on one crop in order to establish more stable economies in those countries.
e)
(E) Von Thünen’s agricultural model directs countries to focus their economies on the commodity most suited to their environments.
20.
Which of the following is an accurate statement
about the fair trade movement?
a)
(A) Fair trade practices serve as a deterrent to commercial farming in peripheral and semiperipheral countries.
b)
(B) Research suggests that fair trade practices actually increase debt for local farm cooperatives and inhibit trade in peripheral countries.
c)
(C) Fair trade only applies to independent farmers in peripheral and semi-peripheral countries; it doesn’t apply to farm cooperatives.
d)
(D) Fair trade encourages larger commercial farmers to charge an above-market price for their products.
e)
(E) Fair trade pays farmers in peripheral and semi-peripheral countries an above-market price for their products if they meet certain standards.
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