Exam 11: Agriculture

According to Spencer and Thomas,each agricultural hearth was associated with a local grouping of plants.For example,taro,yams,and bananas are associated with the _______________ hearth.

Because of the Green Revolution,today most famine results from political instability rather than failure of crop production.

Goats were domesticated 10,000 years ago in the Zagros Mountain region of

Guatemala's agricultural sector produces 26% of the country's GDP and employs more than _____% of the labor force.

Colonial powers would make subsistence farmers

Which area does not provide a good example of the diversity of hunter-gatherers?

In recent years,many wooded areas in ___________ have been deforested to provide beef for hamburgers for fast-food chains in the United States.

In villages everywhere,social stratification is reflected by

Bio-genetic engineering now allows the growing of new strains of soybeans in more arid regions of the Plains States to meet the demand of the ___________ industry.

According to Carl Sauer,the earliest plant domestication

The basic unit of the township-and-range system,the section,has an area of

Milpa agriculture involves the _________ method of clearing fields.

Most scholars believe that seed cultivation (First Agricultural Revolution)occurred in

Which is not an example of a primary economic activity?

Describe the township-and-range system and the American rural landscape it has given rise to (fields,houses,buildings etc.).Where in the American landscape would one not find this system of land survey?

The Second Agricultural Revolution can generally be traced to Europe within what time frame?

Which of the following agricultural activities is widespread in the northeastern U.S.and northwestern Europe?

Shifting agriculture developed primarily

Organic food in the United States now constitutes _____ percent of the total food production.

Farmers of the Nile Valley practice shifting cultivation.