Chapter 10 Key Issue 2

Question 0

Where is shifting cultivation practiced?

Answer 0

South America, Central & West Africa, Southeast Asia

Question 1

What climate is shifting cultivation practiced in?

Answer 1

Humid low-latitude climate regions.

Question 2

How do farmers clear land in shifting cultivation?

Answer 2

They slash vegetation and burn the debris

Question 3

In shifting cultivation farmers grow crops on a cleared field for a few years until soil _____ are depleted and then leave the field ______ for many years so the soil can recover.

Answer 3

Nutrients

Fallow

Question 4

Farmers in shifting cultivation generally live in _____ _______ and grow food on surrounding land that the _______ own.

Answer 4

Small villages

Villages

Question 5

What is swidden?

Answer 5

The cleared area of land in shifting cultivation.

Question 6

What is the predominant crop in shifting cultivation in Southeast Asia?

Answer 6

Rice

Question 7

What are the predominant crops of shifting cultivation in South America?

Answer 7

Corn and cassava

Question 8

What are the predominant crops of shifting cultivation in Africa?

Answer 8

Millet and sorghum

Question 9

Traditionally, land was owned by a village as a whole in _____ ______.

Answer 9

Shifting cultivation

Question 10

The chief traditionally gave a certain amount of _______ to each family in shifting cultivation.

Answer 10

Land

Question 11

________ ___________ occupies 1/4 of the world land area

Answer 11

Shifting cultivation

Question 12

LDCs think that ____ ______ is inefficient to feed growing communities.

Answer 12

Shifting cultivation

Question 13

_____ ________ is based on the herding of domesticated animals.

Answer 13

Pastoral nomadism

Question 14

Pastoral nomadism is a form of _________ agriculture.

Answer 14

Subsistence

Question 15

Shifting cultivation is a form of ________ agriculture.

Answer 15

Subsistence

Question 16

Pastoral nomads live primarily in the large belt of ____ and ________ land.

Answer 16

Arid

Semiarid

Question 17

Where is the belt of arid and semiarid land?

Answer 17

Central Asia, Southwest Asia, and North Africa

Question 18

Pastoral nomads occupy __% of Earths land area.

Answer 18

20

Question 19

Pastoral nomads depend primarily on _______ for survival.

Answer 19

Animals

Question 20

Pastoral nomads consume mostly _____.

Answer 20

Grain

Question 21

Pastoral nomads obtain grain from __________ farmers in exchange for ______ ________.

Answer 21

Subsistence

Animal products

Question 22

Nomads sometimes hire workers to practice ________ agriculture.

Answer 22

Sedentary

Question 23

_____ is the most desired animal by pastoral nomads in North Africa and southwest Asia.

Answer 23

Camel

Question 24

____ and ______ are also important to pastoral nomads in North Africa and southwest Asia

Answer 24

Sheep

Goats

Question 25

____ is considered important to pastoral nomads in Central Asia.

Answer 25

Horse

Question 26

Pastoral nomads have a strong sense of _______.

Answer 26

Territoriality

Question 27

Some pastoral nomads practice ____________~ seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pasture areas.

Answer 27

Transhumance

Question 28

Governments have tried to ________ nomads because they want their ____.

Answer 28

Resettle

Land

Question 29

Intensive subsistence agriculture is a type of _______ agriculture

Answer 29

Subsistence

Question 30

_______ ________ agriculture feeds most people in MDCs.

Answer 30

Intensive subsistence.

Question 31

Intensive subsistence agriculture is practiced mainly where?

Answer 31

East, south, and Southeast Asia.

Question 32

Most work in subsistence agriculture is done by ____ or with _______.

Answer 32

Hand

Animals

Question 33

Intensive subsistence agriculture is either ___ ____ dominant or not ___ ____ dominant.

Answer 33

Wet rice

Question 34

______ _______ agriculture with ___ ____ occupies a small part of Asia’s agricultural land but is the regions most important source of food.

Answer 34

Intensive subsistence

Wet rice

Question 35

Intensive subsistence with wet rice is dominant where?

Answer 35

Southeast china, east India, and Southeast Asia.

Question 36

What is a sawah?

Answer 36

Flooded field for wet rice

Question 37

What is chaff?

Answer 37

Husks of rice

Question 38

What is threshing?

Answer 38

Trampling grains to remove husks from seeds.

Question 39

What is winnow?

Answer 39

Lighter chaff blown away by wind.

Question 40

What is a hull?

Answer 40

Outer covering of rice

Question 41

Wet rice is most easily grown on ____ _____.

Answer 41

Flat land

Question 42

Why do some farmers practice intensive subsistence wet rice not dominant?

Answer 42

The climate prevents farmers from growing wet rice.

Question 43

Where is intensive subsistence with wet rice not dominant practiced?

Answer 43

Interior India and northeast china

Question 44

What is the most important crop in intensive subsistence wet rice not dominant?

Answer 44

Wheat

Question 45

Plantation farming is a type of _______ agriculture.

Answer 45

Subsistence

Question 46

Where is plantation farming practiced?

Answer 46

Latin America, Africa and Asia

Question 47

Who are plantations mainly owned by?

Answer 47

Europeans and North Americans

Question 48

Where are crops in plantations sold to?

Answer 48

MDCs

Question 49

What is a plantation?

Answer 49

A large farm that specializes in one or two crops.

Question 50

Plantations are usually situated in _____ _______ locations.

Answer 50

Sparsely settled