AGRICULTURE COURSE 2025/2026 | VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ | AGRICULTURAL CONCEPTS
& PRACTICAL APPLICATION STUDY GUIDE |
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Homo Sapiens Sapiens can be translated to: - CORRECT ANSWER - "Wise
Humans"
Many scientists believe that the reason agriculture developed independently in
many places
around the globe was that it happened around the same time as... - CORRECT
ANSWER - the end of the last Ice Age
Advantages of the emerging Farming Lifestyle over the Nomadic Lifestyle DID
NOT
include: - CORRECT ANSWER - less work
The "Thrifty Gene" Hypothesis, in which humans biologically adapt to retain fat
has become
a health disadvantage for __________ living in the U.S. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Pimas
The Land-Grant College Act of 1862 is also known as the: - CORRECT
ANSWER - Morrill Act
Which of the following has stayed relatively stable over the last 100 years in
U.S.
agriculture: - CORRECT ANSWER - Total number of acres farmed
,One (1) HECTARE is roughly equal to _____ acres. - CORRECT ANSWER -
2.5
An ACRE is roughly the size of a: - CORRECT ANSWER - (American)
Football Field
For U.S. Government tax purposes: A farm is any establishment which
produced and sold, or
normally would have produced and sold, ________ or more of agricultural
products during
the year. - CORRECT ANSWER - $1,000
The biggest difference between the United Nations' and U.S. Department of
Agriculture's
definition of a "family farm" is: - CORRECT ANSWER - Labor (whether the
family provides most of the farm labor or not)
Culture is made up of: - CORRECT ANSWER - Rituals and language,
Customs and beliefs, Clothing and food, Thoughts and values
T/F: Agriculture concerns the production of food and non-food crops. -
CORRECT ANSWER - True
The human population of the earth recently passed the _____________ mark. -
CORRECT ANSWER - 7 billion
The TOP 3 cereal grains produced globally are: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Corn, Rice, Wheat
The % of income spent on food is directly correlated to the % of
_____________ in countries
across the globe. - CORRECT ANSWER - Malnutrition of children
, Which continent has a high population density, but low cereal grain production?
- CORRECT ANSWER - Africa
The video "The Science of Overpopulation" states that in the U.S., we use more
water
irrigating __________ than any other crop: - CORRECT ANSWER - Lawn
Grass
Refer to graph for 8 & 9 - CORRECT ANSWER -
T/F: Culture plays a much more significant role in the difference between
humans than Genetics. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
In 1798, Thomas Malthus wrote an essay warning of the dangers of: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Overpopulation of the globe
The biggest difference between the Upper 20% and Lower 20% of U.S. income
earners in
terms of average annual expenditures, is that the Upper 20% are able to spend
significantly
more of their income on: - CORRECT ANSWER - Personal insurance and
pensions
The Battle of Cajamarca in 1532 pitted Spanish Conquistadors against the
____________ . - CORRECT ANSWER - Incas
About ___________ years ago, Humans began ____________ which scientists
believe was
the first conscious cultural act. - CORRECT ANSWER - 2 million / tool
making