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Initiatives that increase agricultural production worldwide through new practices and technologies were the:
A) Neolithic Revolution
B) Green Revolution
C) Second Agricultural Revolution
D) Biotech Revolution
Correct Answer: B) Green Revolution
The primary purpose of commercial agriculture is to:
A) provide jobs for a large percentage of the population.
B) sustain the rural way of life.
C) make a profit.
D) produce a product in a sustainable manner.
Correct Answer: C) make a profit
The process in which land that is fertile becomes increasingly unusable to humans and arid is:
A) Slash and burn
B) Desertification
C) Horticulture
D) Deforestation
Correct Answer: B) Desertification
What agricultural technique grows 2 or more crops on the same land and can feed a large population with a small amount of land?
A) Slash and burn agriculture.
B) Double cropping.
C) Swidden agriculture.
D) Intertillage.
Correct Answer: B) Double cropping
The practice of cutting flat areas into a slope for agriculture is:
A) Organic farming
B) Subsistence farming
C) Truck farming
D) Terrace farming
Correct Answer: D) Terrace farming
Pastoral nomads:
A) practice subsistence agriculture in search of grazing land in subtropical grasslands.
B) practice subsistence agriculture in search of grazing land in tropical rainforest.
C) practice subsistence agriculture in search of grazing land in semi-arid deserts and deserts.
D) practice subsistence agriculture in search of grazing land in rainforest.
Correct Answer: C) practice subsistence agriculture in search of grazing land in semi-arid deserts and deserts
If everyone in the world had access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious foods they would have:
A) Food driven agriculture
B) Food horticulture
C) Food allegiance
D) Food security
Correct Answer: D) Food security
Herders who seasonally move their animals between mountain pastures and lowland valleys practice:
A) extensive subsistence agriculture.
B) seasonal variation.
C) transhumance.
D) livestock ranching.
Correct Answer: C) transhumance
Yield is the:
A) amount of crops produced and sold each year in a specific region.
B) amount of crops produced on large estates in subtropical climates.
C) amount of vegetables produced per unit of land.
D) amount of crops produced per unit of land.
Correct Answer: D) amount of crops produced per unit of land
A cash crop is:
A) A crop grown for sale rather than personal consumption.
B) A vegetable crop for personal use only.
C) A crop for sale but not containing GMOs.
D) A crop for personal consumption only.
Correct Answer: A) A crop grown for sale rather than personal consumption
Deforestation is:
A) the planting of forest trees when old ones are cut down.
B) the initiative to increase agricultural production through new forestry practices.
C) the clearing or removal of forest for agricultural use only.
D) the clearing or removal of forest for agricultural or urban use.
Correct Answer: D) the clearing or removal of forest for agricultural or urban use
A seed hearth is:
A) a place where groups of plants and animals were slaughtered.
B) a place where groups of animals were domesticated.
C) a place where groups of plants and animals were destroyed.
D) a place where groups of plants and animals were domesticated.
Correct Answer: D) a place where groups of plants and animals were domesticated
___ has increased its production by avoiding synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and GMOs:
A) Viticulture.
B) Sustainable agriculture.
C) Organic farming.
D) Chicken production.
Correct Answer: C) Organic farming
Pesticides are:
A) Chemical substances used to grow vegetables.
B) Chemical substances used to kill horticulture.
C) Chemical substances used to kill or control pests.
D) Chemical substances used to grow flowers.
Correct Answer: C) Chemical substances used to kill or control pests
Truck farming:
A) involves local production of flowers for only local markets.
B) involves local production of vegetables for personal use only.
C) involves commercial production of vegetables for only local markets.
D) involves commercial production of vegetables for local or distant markets.
Correct Answer: D) involves commercial production of vegetables for local or distant markets
Market gardening farms:
A) are large scale productions of only vegetables.
B) are small scale productions of vegetables, fruits, and flowers.
C) are small scale productions of vegetables and fruits only.
D) are large scale productions of vegetables and fruits only.
Correct Answer: B) are small scale productions of vegetables, fruits, and flowers
Agribusiness is:
A) A large scale commercial farming that produces, processes, and distributes agriculture.
B) A small scale farming model that distributes agriculture.
C) A large scale commercial farming that produces agriculture.
D) A small scale farming model that produces, processes, and distributes agriculture.
Correct Answer: A) A large scale commercial farming that produces, processes, and distributes agriculture
A feedlot is:
A) a place for horses where they are fed before races on the track.
B) a place for dairy cows where they are fed before they go into milk production.
C) a place for pigs and cattle where they are fed for shows.
D) a place for livestock where they are fed before slaughter.
Correct Answer: D) a place for livestock where they are fed before slaughter
Which of the following types of agriculture is MOST likely to be practiced in the areas shaded black on the map above?
A) Subsistence agriculture.
B) Rice farming.
C) Mediterranean agriculture.
D) Shifting cultivation.
Correct Answer: C) Mediterranean agriculture
Which form of agriculture involves clearing land and rotating cultivation?
A) Shifting cultivation.
B) Mixed-crop livestock.
C) Nomadic herding.
D) Market gardening.
Correct Answer: A) Shifting cultivation
Dairy farmers or Dairying farmers:
A) produce, process, and distribute milk and dairy products.
B) produce, process, and distribute milk only.
C) produce, process, and distribute yogurt only.
D) produce, process, and distribute ice cream only.
Correct Answer: A) produce, process, and distribute milk and dairy products
The technical definition of horticulture includes the cultivation of:
A) flowers and nursery plants.
B) flowers and fruits.
C) flowers and carnations.
D) flowers, fruits, and vegetables.
Correct Answer: D) flowers, fruits, and vegetables
___ a plant means to give it water:
A) Fertilizing.
B) Planting.
C) Securing.
D) Irrigating.
Correct Answer: D) Irrigating
Which of the following are examples of extensive agriculture?
A) Agricultural practices using large land areas with high inputs per unit of land.
B) Nomadic herding and plantation agriculture.
C) Agricultural practices using small land areas with low inputs per unit of land.
D) Agricultural practices using large land areas with low inputs per unit of land.
Correct Answer: D) Agricultural practices using large land areas with low inputs per unit of land
The type of business practice that significantly reduces the commodity chain for an agricultural product such as coffee or tea is:
A) Organic farming.
B) Wholesale shopping.
C) Sustainable agriculture.
D) Fair trade movement.
Correct Answer: D) Fair trade movement
Which type of farming involves both cultivation of crops and raising of animals?
A) Intensive subsistence operations.
B) Focused on growing only grains.
C) Engaged in market gardening.
D) Mixed crop and livestock.
Correct Answer: D) Mixed crop and livestock
What best characterizes intensive agriculture?
A) Commercial agriculture dominates in More Developed Countries (MDCs).
B) Farmers are part of a complex and highly integrated system called agribusiness.
C) practices that involve high inputs per unit of land.
D) Farmers must specialize in order to stay competitive.
Correct Answer: C) practices that involve high inputs per unit of land
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) crops are:
A) genetic material has been altered to enhance crop traits in soybeans and corn.
B) genetic material has been altered to enhance crop traits in wheat only.
C) genetic material has been altered to enhance crop traits in wheat and millet.
D) genetic material has been altered to enhance crop traits in soybeans and wheat.
Correct Answer: A) genetic material has been altered to enhance crop traits in soybeans and corn
Farming that avoids fertilizers, pesticides, and GMOs is called:
A) Mixed farming.
B) Non-GMO farming.
C) Organic farming.
D) Nomadic farming.
Correct Answer: C) Organic farming
Animal Domestication is for:
A) work, companionship, and food.
B) provision of food only.
C) companionship only.
D) work and companionship only.
Correct Answer: A) work, companionship, and food
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