U2 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE – REVIEW EXAM
FULLY SOLVED #18
Farming varies around the world because of ____ across space - correct answer
cultural and environmental factors
The earliest known domesticated wheat, barley, and rice crops are thought to have
originated in asia about - correct answer 10,000 years ago
Using the agricultural hearths map, observe that in sub-saharan africa, - correct answer
no crops were known to have been domesticated from 7,000 to 9,000 years ago
Which statement best summarizes how the technology of the second agricultural
revolution affected farming - correct answer farmers in developed nations began
commercial farming
Which of the following best describes subsistence farming in developing countries -
correct answer a large percentage of the population is directly engaged in food
production
Which of the following explains the decrease in the number of farms in developed
countries during the second agricultural revolution - correct answer increased
automation required fewer farm workers, while urban centers drew people to job
opportunities there
The us had about 85 percent fewer farmers in 2000 than in 1900, and has stabilized at
about __ million farmers - correct answer 2
Which statement best summarizes the role of the natural environment in the agriculture
of a region - correct answer the natural environment interacts with agricultural practices
to determine what can be produced
Which of the following causes subsistence farmers to increase labor-intensive practices
like weeding, applying manure, and crop rotation - correct answer the pressure to feed a
growing population
Why was the new breed of wheat, widely grown starting in the 1960s, called "miracle
wheat seed"? - correct answer it produced a higher yield that would address food supply
concerns
Which crisis did the green revolution avert - correct answer worldwide famine
Which of the following is an important negative consequence of the green revolution -
correct answer increased need for fertilizers created economic barriers and
environmental problems
, Agricultural hearth - correct answer region of origin of agricultural innovation
Agricultural revolution - correct answer the time when human beings first domesticated
plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering
Agriculture - correct answer deliberate effort to modify a portion of earth's surface
through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic
gain
Crop - correct answer any plant gathered from a field as a harvest during a particular
season
Cultivate - correct answer to prepare or prepare and use for the raising of crops
Hearth - correct answer the region from which innovative ideas originate
Place - correct answer a specific point on earth, distinguished by a particular
characteristic
Region - correct answer an area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or
features
Scale - correct answer generally, the relationship between the portion of earth being
studied and earth as a whole
Space - correct answer the physical gap or interval between two objects
Commercial agriculture - correct answer agriculture undertaken primarily to generate
products for sale off the farm
Subsistence agriculture - correct answer agriculture designed primarily to provide food
for direct consumption by the farmer and the farmer's family
Dietary energy consumption - correct answer amount of food that an individual
consumes, measured in kilocalories
Cereal grain - correct answer a grass that yields grain for food
Grain - correct answer seed of cereal grass
Food security - correct answer physical, social, and economic access at all times to safe
and nutrition food sufficient to meet dietary needs and food preferences for an active
and healthy life
FULLY SOLVED #18
Farming varies around the world because of ____ across space - correct answer
cultural and environmental factors
The earliest known domesticated wheat, barley, and rice crops are thought to have
originated in asia about - correct answer 10,000 years ago
Using the agricultural hearths map, observe that in sub-saharan africa, - correct answer
no crops were known to have been domesticated from 7,000 to 9,000 years ago
Which statement best summarizes how the technology of the second agricultural
revolution affected farming - correct answer farmers in developed nations began
commercial farming
Which of the following best describes subsistence farming in developing countries -
correct answer a large percentage of the population is directly engaged in food
production
Which of the following explains the decrease in the number of farms in developed
countries during the second agricultural revolution - correct answer increased
automation required fewer farm workers, while urban centers drew people to job
opportunities there
The us had about 85 percent fewer farmers in 2000 than in 1900, and has stabilized at
about __ million farmers - correct answer 2
Which statement best summarizes the role of the natural environment in the agriculture
of a region - correct answer the natural environment interacts with agricultural practices
to determine what can be produced
Which of the following causes subsistence farmers to increase labor-intensive practices
like weeding, applying manure, and crop rotation - correct answer the pressure to feed a
growing population
Why was the new breed of wheat, widely grown starting in the 1960s, called "miracle
wheat seed"? - correct answer it produced a higher yield that would address food supply
concerns
Which crisis did the green revolution avert - correct answer worldwide famine
Which of the following is an important negative consequence of the green revolution -
correct answer increased need for fertilizers created economic barriers and
environmental problems
, Agricultural hearth - correct answer region of origin of agricultural innovation
Agricultural revolution - correct answer the time when human beings first domesticated
plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering
Agriculture - correct answer deliberate effort to modify a portion of earth's surface
through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic
gain
Crop - correct answer any plant gathered from a field as a harvest during a particular
season
Cultivate - correct answer to prepare or prepare and use for the raising of crops
Hearth - correct answer the region from which innovative ideas originate
Place - correct answer a specific point on earth, distinguished by a particular
characteristic
Region - correct answer an area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or
features
Scale - correct answer generally, the relationship between the portion of earth being
studied and earth as a whole
Space - correct answer the physical gap or interval between two objects
Commercial agriculture - correct answer agriculture undertaken primarily to generate
products for sale off the farm
Subsistence agriculture - correct answer agriculture designed primarily to provide food
for direct consumption by the farmer and the farmer's family
Dietary energy consumption - correct answer amount of food that an individual
consumes, measured in kilocalories
Cereal grain - correct answer a grass that yields grain for food
Grain - correct answer seed of cereal grass
Food security - correct answer physical, social, and economic access at all times to safe
and nutrition food sufficient to meet dietary needs and food preferences for an active
and healthy life
