Exam 9: Geographies of Food and Agriculture

In rice farming, the crop is submerged under water for much of the growing period.

Today, shifting agriculture is practised almost exclusively in what areas?

A fossil nitrate called caliche, used as a source of nitrogen, was first exported from which of the following countries?

In the eighteenth century, the decrease in the agricultural economy first began in which of the following countries?

Most human behaviour lies between the two extremes of optimization and minimum adaptation and can be described as which of the following?

The second agricultural revolution is associated with the onset of the Industrial Revolution.

Which country is the leading exporter of food in the world today?

Soybeans, corn, cotton, canola and potatoes are the principal crops of which of the following?

High temperatures result in slow plant growth.

Using examples, compare subsistence and commercial forms of agriculture.

Farmers can create artificial physical environments by using which of the following methods?

What are the disadvantages of no-till farming?

Which of the following is the fastest-growing sector of the global agricultural economy?

Von Thünen's second conclusion claims that for any given product, the intensity of production decreases with which of the following?

Prior to learning that agriculture emerged and evolved independently in several places at approximately the same time, it was traditionally thought that agriculture first emerged in which part of the world?

Discuss the modern-day relevance of von Thünen's agricultural location theory.

Identify the changes associated with the second agricultural revolution.

Outline the arguments for and against organic farming.

Wet rice farming is typically restricted to what type of environment?

Which of the following is the main physical variable affecting agriculture?