Unit 5 APHUG Review Quiz

Production of agricultural products destined primarily for direct consumption by the producer rather than for market is called

Subsistence agriculture

Traditionally, the Ganges Valley and the Nile Valley have had comparatively high population densities because of their

intensive agriculture based on irrigation

In terms of total tonnage, which of the following is currently the leading export crop in the world?

wheat

Von Thunen emphasized which of the following factors in his model of agricultural land use?

transportation cost

Which of the following is a characteristic of shifting cultivation?

multicropping

A set of economic and political relationships that organizes food production from the development of seed to marketing the products is known as

agribusiness

The industrialization and mechanization of agriculture in the United States during the past 70 years have resulted in

a decrease in the number of farms and an increase in the size of farms

What kind of agriculture is primarily practiced in the dark-shaded areas on the map above?

mediterranean

The shaded areas on the map above most likely indicate regions that are affected or threatened by which of the following?

desertification

In which of the following world regions has the Green Revolution had the least impact on agriculture?

sub-saharan africa