Pretest 5 Flashcards
Geographer fervent whittle set divided the world into agricultural regions (not including his area of nonexistent agriculture), ________ of which were classified as mound in MDC’s and ________ as found in LDC’s
6;5
Pigs were domesticated in
Southwest Asia
Potatoes were domesticated in
The Americas
Lima beans were domesticated in
The Americas
The earliest known domesticated wheat, barley, and rice crops are thought to have originated in asia about
10’000 years ago
The earliest known domesticated squash crops are thought to have originated in the Americas more than
9’000 years ago
The first people to domesticate lentils and olives were in
Southwest Asia
Seed agriculture probably reached Europe from
Southwest Asia
The map of crop hearths indicate that
A
The map of animal hearths indicates that
A
Which type of agriculture is found primarily in less developed countries
Plantation
Shifting cultivation is most commonly found in which climate region
Humid low- latitude
Which type of agriculture is practiced by the largest percentage of the worlds people
Intensive subsistence
The direction and frequency of hunter-gatherer migration depended on
The movement of game and the seasonal growth of plants
Which of the following is a typical practice in growing rice in Asia
All of these answers are correct
Compared to shirting cultivation, intensive subsistence agriculture is characterized by which of the following
Greater use of animal power
The most important reason why most farmers in northeast China grow crops other than wet rice is
Climate
Pastoral nomadism is most commonly found in which climate region
Dry
The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures is
Transhumance
The number of farms in the United States declined from about 6 million in 1940 to _____ in 1980
2 million
Which of the following is the most common form of commercial agriculture in Europe
Mixed crop and livestock farming
Geographer detest white self divided the world into _____ agricultural regions (not including his area of nonexistent agriculture)
11
Mixed crops and livestock allows farmers to
Create a system where crops provide food for livestock and livestock provide manure for crop fertilization
After maize, the most important crop in the US mixed crop and livestock region is
Soybeans
In the winter wheat area of the US, the crop is planted in
Autumn and harvested in summer
Ranching is practiced in a climate region most similar to that of which other type of agriculture
Pastoral nomadism
The different areas of the world where Mediterranean agriculture predominates have similar
Climate
The predominant form of agriculture in the US southeast is
Commercial gardening
Which statement correctly describes hunting and gathering
This form of subsistence is still practiced in few, remote locations despite the modernization of agriculture in some areas
Which is a characteristic of shifting cultivation
A new site is designed every few years
Asian agriculture is characterized by shortages of all but which of the following
Labor
Farmers in more developed and less developed countries share which of the following problems
Inadequate income
Farmers in LDCs choose to grow drug crops for export primarily because of
Their market value in MDCs
Afghanistan is important to the world drug trade primarily because
It produces about 90 percent of the worlds opium
The type of agriculture practiced near large cities, which includes producing fruits and vegetables, is called
Truck farming
Truck farming is a term that derives from the Middle English word truck, meaning
“Bartering” or “exchange of commodities”
In the United States many farms are integrated into a large food production industry. This is known as
Agribusiness
____________ model is used by geographers to explain the importance of proximity to the market in the choice of crops to the commercial farm
Von Thünens
The primary factor in Von Thünens model for choosing commercial farm products is
Market location and distance
Von Thünens model can best be used to explain the location of which of the following types of agriculture
Dairying in the northeast United States
To increase crop yields, farmers in south China commonly practice
Double cropping
According to the graph on the growth in human consumption of fish, in about the year 2005, the amount of fish consumed by developing countries exceeded
80 million metric tons
The best way to block Asian carp from moving into the Great Lakes from the Illinois river would be the closing or locks and dams in and near Chicago; however, these waterways are not being closed because
As major transportation links for the region, they are important for Chicago’s economy
In Maryland, soil preservationists produced a new composite map by combining in their GIS
Soil quality, environmental, and economic maps
A major practice of sustainable agriculture is
Limited use of chemicals
Farming varies around the world because of _____ across space
Cultural and environmental factors
