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Question 1 |
Which of the following has the least amount of arable land compared to total area?
Brazil | |
Canada | |
Egypt | |
Netherlands |
Question 1 Explanation:
While the Netherlands is the smallest country of those given, and while Canada has the smallest amount of arable land, less than 10 percent of Egypt is arable.
Question 2 |
Subsistence agriculture and commercial agriculture differ in all the following ways except
The amount of food produced | |
The importance of the crop to the farmer | |
The income derived from the crop | |
The technology used to grow the crop |
Question 2 Explanation:
Commercial agriculture uses advanced technology, and it produces more food and more income than subsistence agriculture. Both types of agriculture, however, are very important to the farmer as a means to provide for a family.
Question 3 |
What was the earliest way in which humans acquired food?
Hunting and gathering | |
Pastoral nomadism | |
Shifting cultivation | |
Slash-and-burn agriculture |
Question 3 Explanation:
Hunting and gathering preceded agriculture. All other answers are forms of agriculture.
Question 4 |
Which of the following are closest in meaning?
Pastoral nomadism and plantation agriculture | |
Pastoral nomadism and shifting cultivation | |
Plantation agriculture and shifting cultivation | |
Shifting cultivation and slash-and-burn agriculture |
Question 4 Explanation:
Under shifting cultivation, land is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a few years.
Question 5 |
Which of the following is true of shifting cultivation?
It was conducted in a space of less than one hundred acres | |
The soil was good for ten years or more | |
It lasted only a few generations | |
It required frequent movement |
Question 5 Explanation:
Shifting cultivation uses up the soil’s nutrients after a few years. The land is then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored. Families often return to the land after several years.
Question 6 |
Subsistence agriculture
Is no longer practiced | |
Did not involve animals | |
Traditionally occurred over large areas | |
Traditionally occurred over isolated areas |
Question 6 Explanation:
Shifting cultivation and pastoral nomadism require frequent movement and thus take place over large areas.
Question 7 |
The agricultural revolution occurred during the
Paleolithic Age | |
Neolithic Age | |
Bronze Age | |
Iron Age |
Question 7 Explanation:
The Paleolithic was the age of hunting and gathering. The Neolithic began with the invention of agriculture.
Question 8 |
Which of the following was not an agricultural hearth?
East Africa | |
South Asia | |
Southwest Asia | |
Western Europe |
Question 8 Explanation:
Agriculture is one of the hallmarks of civilization, and East Africa, South Asia, and Southwest Asia were some of the early centers of civilization.
Question 9 |
Central Mexico was probably the hearth for
Barley | |
Corn (maize) | |
Rice | |
Wheat |
Question 9 Explanation:
Barley originated in East Africa or South Asia.
Question 10 |
Southwest Asia was probably the hearth for
Millet | |
Rice | |
Sorghum | |
Wheat |
Question 10 Explanation:
Millet and sorghum both originated in Africa.
Question 11 |
Rice was probably first domesticated in
North America | |
South America | |
Southeast Asia | |
Southwest Asia |
Question 11 Explanation:
Rice probably came from Southeast Asia, though there is some evidence that it originated in East Asia or East Africa.
Question 12 |
The earliest civilizations watered their crops through
Aqueducts | |
Buckets | |
Canals | |
Floods |
Question 12 Explanation:
The technology for aqueducts and canals did not exist during the agricultural revolution, and buckets would not have been practical.
Question 13 |
In which of the following countries would you least likely find terracing?
Nepal | |
Peru | |
The Philippines | |
Turkey |
Question 13 Explanation:
Terracing is a method use to farm on mountainsides. Turkey is mostly a plateau. All other states on the list are mountainous.
Question 14 |
Which of the following climates would most likely support pastoral nomadism?
Arid | |
Semi-arid | |
Temperate | |
Tropical |
Question 14 Explanation:
Semi-arid climates get just enough rain to grow grasses. The animals eat the grasses and are either slaughtered or used for milk.
Question 15 |
The most common agricultural settlement pattern across the Great Plains is the
Clustered rural settlement | |
Dispersed rural settlement | |
Linear system | |
Long-lot system |
Question 15 Explanation:
Flying over the Great Plains, you will notice isolated farmsteads in rectangles. The farmers live apart from each other.
Question 16 |
A long-lot system would likely provide equal access to all but which of the following?
Canals | |
Rivers | |
Roads | |
Wells |
Question 16 Explanation:
The long-lots are literally long, narrow plots of land lined up along a canal, river, or road.
Question 17 |
Which of the following was not a reason that New Englanders followed the clustered rural settlement pattern?
To protect themselves from Native Americans | |
To reinforce a common identity | |
To maintain a sense of community | |
To farm communally |
Question 17 Explanation:
New Englanders owned their land individually, though ownership was transferred upon agreement with the community. All other statements are truthful.
Question 18 |
Which of the following is in the first ring outside a market, according to Von Thünen?
Animals | |
Dairy and horticulture | |
Forestry | |
Grain |
Question 18 Explanation:
Dairy and horticulture come first because they spoil first and must be shipped quickly to the market.
Question 19 |
According to Von Thünen land in the last ring around the market will be __________ compared to the first ring and transportation costs __________ compared to the first ring.
about the same, less expensive | |
about the same, more expensive | |
less expensive, more expensive | |
more expensive, less expensive |
Question 19 Explanation:
The land will be less expensive because it is far from the market, but the further the distance, the greater the transportation costs.
Question 20 |
According to Von Thünen, why were animals in the last ring?
Animals are less important than diary and horticulture | |
Animals could be walked to market, thus reducing transportation costs | |
Meat does not spoil as fast as dairy products, so it can be transported from a greater distance | |
Meat generates more revenue than other agricultural products, which enables farmers to pay down expensive transportation costs |
Question 20 Explanation:
Animals also need wide open space to graze. Those spaces are only available in the last ring because farmers are dispersed there.
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