AG 101 Quiz 1
Agriculture is... - answer the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing
crops, and raising livestock, and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of
the resulting products
The Fertile Crescent - answer the birthplace of agriculture
The Fertile Crescent location - answer present day Iran/Iraq
first signs of domesticated plants - answer9500 BC
Old World crops - answer grains: wheat, rice, millet, barley, rye; Citrus; grapes; alfalfa;
yams
New World Crops - answer Corn; potatoes; beans/legumes; tomatoes; gourds; peppers;
cocoa; cotton; tobacco
Agrarianism - answer"a social or political movement designed to bring about land
reforms or to improve the economic status of the farmer"
Who spear-headed American Agrarianism? - answerThomas Jefferson
American Agrarianism philosophy/ideals - answer1. The the govt has a political duty to
preserve & protect farmers
2. A population that owns & works its land is less susceptible to short-term, unstable
govt policies
3. Farming creates democratic virtues (independence and self-reliance; commitment to
the common good)
4. Farmer are virtuous, their means of making a living meld together private and public
interests
Public Land Act - answer1796: allowed Federal land sales to the public; minimum 640
acre plots, $2 per acre; disaster- no one could afford it
National Board of Agriculture - answerProposed to congress by George Washington in
1799
Lousiana Purchase - answerThomas Jefferson justified the purchase as means "to
provide enough fertile land to expand the Agrarian way of life"
Lincoln helped create the... - answerUSDA, the "people's department"
Agriculture is... - answer the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing
crops, and raising livestock, and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of
the resulting products
The Fertile Crescent - answer the birthplace of agriculture
The Fertile Crescent location - answer present day Iran/Iraq
first signs of domesticated plants - answer9500 BC
Old World crops - answer grains: wheat, rice, millet, barley, rye; Citrus; grapes; alfalfa;
yams
New World Crops - answer Corn; potatoes; beans/legumes; tomatoes; gourds; peppers;
cocoa; cotton; tobacco
Agrarianism - answer"a social or political movement designed to bring about land
reforms or to improve the economic status of the farmer"
Who spear-headed American Agrarianism? - answerThomas Jefferson
American Agrarianism philosophy/ideals - answer1. The the govt has a political duty to
preserve & protect farmers
2. A population that owns & works its land is less susceptible to short-term, unstable
govt policies
3. Farming creates democratic virtues (independence and self-reliance; commitment to
the common good)
4. Farmer are virtuous, their means of making a living meld together private and public
interests
Public Land Act - answer1796: allowed Federal land sales to the public; minimum 640
acre plots, $2 per acre; disaster- no one could afford it
National Board of Agriculture - answerProposed to congress by George Washington in
1799
Lousiana Purchase - answerThomas Jefferson justified the purchase as means "to
provide enough fertile land to expand the Agrarian way of life"
Lincoln helped create the... - answerUSDA, the "people's department"
