PEOPLE AND AGRICULTURE TEST SOLVED #11
The agricultural industry touches us all on a daily bases.
True
False - correct answer true
Match the description with the term.
1. Cultivation
2. Domestication
3. Animal husbandry - correct answer 3. The practice of keeping and caring for animals;
the practice of breeding livestock
2. Capturing, taming, and breeding animals
1. Preparing and planting crops
Which of the following animals has been domesticated?
Dog
Gorilla
Tiger
Wolf - correct answer dog
Which option distinguishes the two cows that would be kept and bred in the following
scenario? The first cow was a larger male with a wild temperament. The second cow
was a smaller female who produced a great deal of milk. The third cow was a larger
female who was often sick. The fourth cow was a larger male with a docile personality.
The first cow and the fourth cow
The first cow and the second cow
The second cow and the third cow
The second cow and the fourth cow - correct answer the second cow and the fourth cow
Based on information from the lesson, what is the most likely explanation for the
following scenario?When Raphael walks into the supermarket, he grabs a bunch of
large yellow bananas. These bananas look identical to every other banana Raphael has
ever seen because this banana, the Cavendish, is one of the only varieties of bananas
grown and sold in the United States.
Farmers determined the Cavendish required the least amount of effort to grow.
Farmers were pressured by the United States government to grow the Cavendish
exclusively.
Farmers artificially selected and farmed the Cavendish while discarding less successful
varieties.
, Farmers learned Americans prefer the taste of Cavendish over other varieties of
bananas and now it is grown exclusively. - correct answer Farmers artificially selected
and farmed the Cavendish while discarding less successful varieties.
What percentage of the US workforce was estimated, as of 2011, to work in agriculture-
related positions?
45 percent
5 percent
60 percent
20 percent - correct answer 20 percent
Match the description with the term.
1. Keeping and caring for domesticated animals
2. Added to soil to nourish plants
3. Kills insects - correct answer 3. Pesticide
1. Animal husbandry
2. Fertilizer
Which one of the following wars or conflicts was fought over the use of slave labor in
agriculture?
World War I
World War II
American Civil War
Eritrean-Ethiopian War - correct answer American Civil War
Compared to World War II, World War I was ____ (more/less/equally) devastating to the
agriculture community. Choose the correct answer. - correct answer more
Which of the following is a negative effect of the rise in agricultural technology following
World War II?
Increased crop yields
Environmental degradation
Need for more agricultural land
Need for more farm workers - correct answer environmental degradation
In which of the following places would an animal husbandry worker not find a job?
Zoo
Farm
Forest
Aquarium - correct answer forest
The agricultural industry touches us all on a daily bases.
True
False - correct answer true
Match the description with the term.
1. Cultivation
2. Domestication
3. Animal husbandry - correct answer 3. The practice of keeping and caring for animals;
the practice of breeding livestock
2. Capturing, taming, and breeding animals
1. Preparing and planting crops
Which of the following animals has been domesticated?
Dog
Gorilla
Tiger
Wolf - correct answer dog
Which option distinguishes the two cows that would be kept and bred in the following
scenario? The first cow was a larger male with a wild temperament. The second cow
was a smaller female who produced a great deal of milk. The third cow was a larger
female who was often sick. The fourth cow was a larger male with a docile personality.
The first cow and the fourth cow
The first cow and the second cow
The second cow and the third cow
The second cow and the fourth cow - correct answer the second cow and the fourth cow
Based on information from the lesson, what is the most likely explanation for the
following scenario?When Raphael walks into the supermarket, he grabs a bunch of
large yellow bananas. These bananas look identical to every other banana Raphael has
ever seen because this banana, the Cavendish, is one of the only varieties of bananas
grown and sold in the United States.
Farmers determined the Cavendish required the least amount of effort to grow.
Farmers were pressured by the United States government to grow the Cavendish
exclusively.
Farmers artificially selected and farmed the Cavendish while discarding less successful
varieties.
, Farmers learned Americans prefer the taste of Cavendish over other varieties of
bananas and now it is grown exclusively. - correct answer Farmers artificially selected
and farmed the Cavendish while discarding less successful varieties.
What percentage of the US workforce was estimated, as of 2011, to work in agriculture-
related positions?
45 percent
5 percent
60 percent
20 percent - correct answer 20 percent
Match the description with the term.
1. Keeping and caring for domesticated animals
2. Added to soil to nourish plants
3. Kills insects - correct answer 3. Pesticide
1. Animal husbandry
2. Fertilizer
Which one of the following wars or conflicts was fought over the use of slave labor in
agriculture?
World War I
World War II
American Civil War
Eritrean-Ethiopian War - correct answer American Civil War
Compared to World War II, World War I was ____ (more/less/equally) devastating to the
agriculture community. Choose the correct answer. - correct answer more
Which of the following is a negative effect of the rise in agricultural technology following
World War II?
Increased crop yields
Environmental degradation
Need for more agricultural land
Need for more farm workers - correct answer environmental degradation
In which of the following places would an animal husbandry worker not find a job?
Zoo
Farm
Forest
Aquarium - correct answer forest
