Question 1

Most US farmers are subsistence farmers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Describe the locations of the centers of the First Agricultural Revolution.Give examples of the crops and animals which were domesticated in various places.What demographic and social changes resulted from this revolution in food production?

Accepted Answer

There were a number of centers of plant

Question 3

The Green Revolution is considered to have limited impact in parts of the world such as Subsaharan Africa.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Geographer Lee Liu studying the spatial patterns of agriculture in parts of China,found soils in intensively used fields near villages were

Accepted Answer

A) polluted. 
B) overused and of poor fertility. 
C) fertile and productive. 
D) not used) 
A) polluted. 
B) overused and of poor fertility. 
C) fertile and productive. 
D) not used)

Question 5

The form of villages still existing in many rural landscapes that are reminders of a turbulent past is

Accepted Answer

A) walled. 
B) linear. 
C) round. 
D) grid. 
A) walled. 
B) linear. 
C) round. 
D) grid.

Question 6

Twenty-five percent of world sugar production takes place outside of the tropical plantation region (U.S.A)Western Europe,Russia)and is produced from

Accepted Answer

A) genetically-modified, cold-tolerant sugar cane. 
B) sugar beets. 
C) wood cellulose. 
D) artificial food chemical processes. 
A) genetically-modified, cold-tolerant sugar cane. 
B) sugar beets. 
C) wood cellulose. 
D) artificial food chemical processes.

Question 7

Contrast the production of wheat and rice in the world.Where are they grown and where are they consumed? What are the differences in production methods and export patterns?

Accepted Answer

Rice and wheat are the biggest grain cro

Question 8

Cattle were domesticated in and came to be an important cultural feature of

Accepted Answer

A) Southeast Asia. 
B) Central Asia. 
C) South Asia. 
D) North Africa. 
A) Southeast Asia. 
B) Central Asia. 
C) South Asia. 
D) North Africa.

Question 9

Which of the following fairly small areas of wheat production still have major export trade?

Accepted Answer

A) Canada and United States 
B) Ukraine and Kazakhstan 
C) Russian and Canada 
D) Argentina and Australia 
A) Canada and United States 
B) Ukraine and Kazakhstan 
C) Russian and Canada 
D) Argentina and Australia

Question 10

In areas of shifting cultivation the population

Accepted Answer

A) increases significantly. 
B) cannot have a high density. 
C) must be large enough to provide surplus labor. 
D) never lives in permanent settlements. 
A) increases significantly. 
B) cannot have a high density. 
C) must be large enough to provide surplus labor. 
D) never lives in permanent settlements.

Question 11

More modern villages,notably planned rural settlements may be arranged in a ________ pattern.Examples include Ancient Rome and Greece as well as ancient cities in China and Mexico.

Accepted Answer

A) round. 
B) grid 
C) linear 
D) oval 
A) round. 
B) grid 
C) linear 
D) oval

Question 12

Poorer countries,producing such cash crops as sugar,

Accepted Answer

A) set the market price themselves. 
B) are at the mercy of the purchasing countries that set the prices. 
C) plant less in order to drive up the prices. 
D) cooperate with each other to determine global prices and demand) 
A) set the market price themselves. 
B) are at the mercy of the purchasing countries that set the prices. 
C) plant less in order to drive up the prices. 
D) cooperate with each other to determine global prices and demand)

Question 13

_________________have changed as rural residents cope with shifting economic,political,and environmental conditions.

Accepted Answer

A) Land-use patterns 
B) Land ownership arrangements 
C) Agricultural labor conditions 
D) all of the above 
A) Land-use patterns 
B) Land ownership arrangements 
C) Agricultural labor conditions 
D) all of the above

Question 14

The most prevalent rural residential pattern in the world's agricultural areas is

Accepted Answer

A) dispersed. 
B) nucleated. 
C) spaced. 
D) hierarchical. 
A) dispersed. 
B) nucleated. 
C) spaced. 
D) hierarchical.

Question 15

Which of the following areas does not have a Mediterranean-type climate?

Accepted Answer

A) central Chile 
B) southern Australia 
C) southern Florida 
D) South Africa's Cape 
A) central Chile 
B) southern Australia 
C) southern Florida 
D) South Africa's Cape

Question 16

The source region for the domestication of hemp,eggplants and mangoes is ___________

Accepted Answer

A) the upper southeast Asian mainland. 
B) eastern India and western Burma. 
C) southwest Asia. 
D) meso-America. 
A) the upper southeast Asian mainland. 
B) eastern India and western Burma. 
C) southwest Asia. 
D) meso-America.

Question 17

Shifting cultivation involves shifting crops (crop rotation)in small permanent fields.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

An agrarian reform program begun in the 1940s and 1950s by the Guatemalan government was stopped when multinational pressure and the United States government ___________

Accepted Answer

A) rented landless citizens land at a low appraised value. 
B) supported the overthrow of the Guatemalan government. 
C) encouraged subsistence farmers to mechanize 
D) certified Guatemalan farmers as Fair Trade producers 
A) rented landless citizens land at a low appraised value. 
B) supported the overthrow of the Guatemalan government. 
C) encouraged subsistence farmers to mechanize 
D) certified Guatemalan farmers as Fair Trade producers

Question 19

According to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification,the UK has a

Accepted Answer

A) humid cold climate with no dry season. 
B) humid temperate climate with no dry season and a cool summer. 
C) humid temperate climate with a dry winter. 
D) humid temperate climate with a dry summer. 
A) humid cold climate with no dry season. 
B) humid temperate climate with no dry season and a cool summer. 
C) humid temperate climate with a dry winter. 
D) humid temperate climate with a dry summer.

Question 20

Mediterranean agriculture is found in

Accepted Answer

A) eastern Spain, northern Italy and northern Egypt. 
B) eastern Italy, Greece, northern Tunisia, and eastern Brazil. 
C) southern coastal California, central Chile, and Italy. 
D) along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and northern Egypt. 
A) eastern Spain, northern Italy and northern Egypt. 
B) eastern Italy, Greece, northern Tunisia, and eastern Brazil. 
C) southern coastal California, central Chile, and Italy. 
D) along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and northern Egypt.

Most US farmers are subsistence farmers.

Describe the locations of the centers of the First Agricultural Revolution.Give examples of the crops and animals which were domesticated in various places.What demographic and social changes resulted from this revolution in food production?

The Green Revolution is considered to have limited impact in parts of the world such as Subsaharan Africa.

Geographer Lee Liu studying the spatial patterns of agriculture in parts of China,found soils in intensively used fields near villages were

The form of villages still existing in many rural landscapes that are reminders of a turbulent past is

Twenty-five percent of world sugar production takes place outside of the tropical plantation region (U.S.A)Western Europe,Russia)and is produced from

Contrast the production of wheat and rice in the world.Where are they grown and where are they consumed? What are the differences in production methods and export patterns?

Cattle were domesticated in and came to be an important cultural feature of

Which of the following fairly small areas of wheat production still have major export trade?

In areas of shifting cultivation the population

More modern villages,notably planned rural settlements may be arranged in a ________ pattern.Examples include Ancient Rome and Greece as well as ancient cities in China and Mexico.

Poorer countries,producing such cash crops as sugar,

_________________have changed as rural residents cope with shifting economic,political,and environmental conditions.

The most prevalent rural residential pattern in the world's agricultural areas is

Which of the following areas does not have a Mediterranean-type climate?

The source region for the domestication of hemp,eggplants and mangoes is ___________

Shifting cultivation involves shifting crops (crop rotation)in small permanent fields.

An agrarian reform program begun in the 1940s and 1950s by the Guatemalan government was stopped when multinational pressure and the United States government ___________

According to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification,the UK has a

Mediterranean agriculture is found in

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Most US farmers are subsistence farmers.

Describe the locations of the centers of the First Agricultural Revolution.Give examples of the crops and animals which were domesticated in various places.What demographic and social changes resulted from this revolution in food production?

The Green Revolution is considered to have limited impact in parts of the world such as Subsaharan Africa.

Geographer Lee Liu studying the spatial patterns of agriculture in parts of China,found soils in intensively used fields near villages were

The form of villages still existing in many rural landscapes that are reminders of a turbulent past is

Twenty-five percent of world sugar production takes place outside of the tropical plantation region (U.S.A)Western Europe,Russia)and is produced from

Contrast the production of wheat and rice in the world.Where are they grown and where are they consumed? What are the differences in production methods and export patterns?

Cattle were domesticated in and came to be an important cultural feature of

Which of the following fairly small areas of wheat production still have major export trade?

In areas of shifting cultivation the population

More modern villages,notably planned rural settlements may be arranged in a ________ pattern.Examples include Ancient Rome and Greece as well as ancient cities in China and Mexico.

Poorer countries,producing such cash crops as sugar,

_________________have changed as rural residents cope with shifting economic,political,and environmental conditions.

The most prevalent rural residential pattern in the world's agricultural areas is

Which of the following areas does not have a Mediterranean-type climate?

The source region for the domestication of hemp,eggplants and mangoes is ___________

Shifting cultivation involves shifting crops (crop rotation)in small permanent fields.

An agrarian reform program begun in the 1940s and 1950s by the Guatemalan government was stopped when multinational pressure and the United States government ___________

According to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification,the UK has a

Mediterranean agriculture is found in

Introduction to Human Geography

Population and Health

Migration

Local Culture, Popular Culture, and Cultural Landscapes

Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality

Language

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Political Geography

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Industry and Services

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Globalization and the Geography of Networks

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