CHAPTER TEN QUIZ ---AGRICULTURE . . --- 1213 CLASS SET
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1. Where is it theorized that agriculture actually began?
a. Southeast Asia
b. it can’t be documented with certainty
c. Meso-America
d. in the Fertile Crescent and India around
the same time.
e. the Fertile Crescent
2. Two of the earliest crops domesticated were
a. barley and wheat
b. corn and wheat
c. barley and corn
d. rice and wheat
e. rice and corn
3. Where is it theorized that the integration of crops and domestic animals occurred?
a. Europe
b Meso-America
c. Western Africa
d. Middle East (Southwest Asia)
e. North China Plain
4. Commercial farming was advanced by:
a. modern wagons
b. animate power
c. government subsidies
d. invention of the wheel
e. innovations in transportation
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5. How has “agribusiness” changed farming in MDC’s?
a. major corporations now own most
farms.
b. farmers work longer hours.
c. farms are integrated into a large food
production industry
d. The government is involved in what is
planted each year.
e. there are fewer crops being grown but
a larger quantity.
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6. Who owns most commercial farms in the USA?
a. families
b. large food processing companies
c. government co-operatives
d. agribusiness
e. country FFA organizations
7. The agricultural model in MDC’s where local farms are integrated into a large food production industry is called
a. sustainable agriculture
b. agri-business
c. co-operative farming
d. tertiary farming
e. international farming
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8. While typical “mixed crop and livestock” farms devote most of their land to __________, most of their profit is derived from the sale of________.
a. sheep, crops
b. crops, animal products
c. crops, pork
d. animal products, crops
e. crops, sheep
9. The most common crop grown in the USA for mixed crop and livestock farming is_________
because____________.
a. wheat, it is a cash crop
b. wheat, grows with little effort
c. corn, fed to animals
d. sorghum, resistant to drought
e. corn, it is not labor intensive
10. The primary purpose for developing a system of crop rotation was to
a. maximize the amount of land being
farmed.
b. most of the crops are fed to animals in
different fields
c. utilize government programs that paid farmers not to grow crops
d. helps to maintain the fertility of the
nutrients in the soil
e. to bulk up declining farm revenues
11. If you were researching locations for a new
dairy that produces milk, what would your most
important situation consideration be:
a. labor costs
b. basic industries
c. cost of dairy cattle
d. location of inputs
e. distance from markets
12.. What has happened to milk production in the last 30 years?
a. fewer people worldwide are drinking milk
b. India has become the largest milk producer
c. the USA has become the largest mile producer
d. the price of milk in LDC’s in now comparable
to the price in MDC’s
e. milk has become the drink of choice for
people concerned about their health
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13. When milk is too far from a large market, it is usually processed into
a. cheese
b. butter
c. milk toast
d. Miracle Whip
e. both a and b
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14. Which of the following would explain why many commercial farms today in MDC’s suffer from lower incomes than in the past?
a. the cost of transportation has become prohibitive
b. prices for the products are subsidized
c. there is a lack of fertile land today
d. they produce more food than is required by consumers
e. increased competition
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15. The crops that are the three leading grain exports in the world would be:
a. wheat, corn, rice
b. alfalfa, wheat, potatoes
c. rice, corn, soybeans
d. corn, potatoes, wheat
e. wheat, tomatoes, corn
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(330) 16. Why has agricultural demand stagnated in MDC’s?
(309) 17. According to the textbook, what is a “crop?”
(325) 18. Name the country that is the largest commercial producer of grain in the world.
(328) 19. The process when farmers cut out small parcels of land down the side of a mountain to grow crops. Not in the reading
(325) 20. What is the most important crop grown worldwide today?
(318) 21. In LDC’s some __________% of the population still work on farms.
(327) 22. The “potent weapon” sedentary farmers used to cause the decline in cattle ranching in the 1880’s and beyond was
(317) 23. What is the difference between commercial and subsistence agriculture?
(338) 24. Name the three top grain exports in the world today.
(324) 25. The area around a city where milk can be supplied without spoiling is known as the _________.
(330) 26. The ring surrounding a city in which dairy farms tend to locate is called the _______________.
(338) 27. The two countries that are the leading grain importers are:
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26. Using the Jared Diamond film “Guns, Germs, and Steel,” what was the importance of latitude in migration?