Exam 10: Food and Agriculture

Figure 10.2.8, Protein from Meat -Looking at Figure 10.2.8, which of the following countries gets the least percentage of its protein from meats?

Preference for living in a fixed place rather than as nomads is the most likely reason why hunters and gatherers built permanent settlements and stored surplus vegetation there.

________ is the amount of food that an individual consumes.

Discuss the different types of subsistence agriculture practiced around the world.

Because of its long growing season, it's humid climate and its accessibility to large markets along the East Coast, commercial gardening and fruit farming are the main types of agriculture in the U.S. Southwest.

Three leading cereal grains (corn, wheat, and rice) account for nearly 50 percent of all grain production and more than 80 percent of all dietary energy consumed worldwide.

The contribution of a location's distinctive physical features to the way food tastes is known by the term ecosystem.

The United Nations defines ________ as physical, social, and economic access at all times to safe and nutritious food sufficient to meet dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.

It is believed that the first domestication of crops and animals coincided with ________.

Aquaculture is the cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions.

Which of the following is the predominant form of agriculture in the U.S. Southeast, particularly in Florida?

Figure 10.4.3, Income Spent of Food -Looking at Figure 10.4.3, which of the following countries spends the least percentage of their income on food?

What is plantation agriculture and where are plantations typically found?

How is food production affected by population growth in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Which of the following countries is the world's leading producer of pig meat?

Globally, although trade in food has decreased dramatically, especially since 2000, the top three export grains are still wheat, corn, and barley.

The first domestication of crops and animals around 10,000 years ago coincides with climate change.

The ________ was largely responsible for preventing a food crisis in developing countries during the 1970s and 1980s

Hindu sanctions against consuming beef are explained in part by the need to maintain a large supply of oxen for use in ploughing and carting goods.

In the U.S., government subsidies have been in place only since 2001 but have already contributed to the increase in the price of hogs and beef for the farmer and a reduction in prices in the supermarket.