Exam 10: Food and Agriculture

Figure 10.9.1 -This figure helps to explain that for the last half century most increase in food production has come from

The largest proportion of farmers in Asia practice

Figure 10.3.1 -If darker shades represent higher values,this is most likely a map of

The U.S.government attempts to help farmers because there is a problem of excess production.

Sustainable agricultural practices limit the use of herbicides.

There is consensus among scientists that hunters/gatherers converted to agriculture because of the domestication of animals roughly 12,000 years ago.

Figure 10.3.4 -Undernourishment is most severe in

Figure 10.10.1: Von Thünen Model -The primary factor in von Thünen's model for choosing commercial farm products is

Although plantation agriculture is found in developing countries,it is not a form of subsistence agriculture.

Ranching is practiced in the dry lands of both more developed and less developed countries.

The earliest known domesticated wheat,barley,and rice crops are thought to have originated in Asia

Most commercial farms in the United States are owned by large corporations rather than individual families.

What is the distinctive type of agriculture practiced in the dry lands of less developed countries?

Compare the distinctive types of agriculture found in the dry lands of more and less developed regions.

Figure 10.10.1: Von Thünen Model -A principal practice of sustainable agriculture is

Hunters and gatherers probably began practicing agriculture because of

Figure 10.10.1: Von Thünen Model -The effect of the river in lengthening the agricultural zones in the diagram on the right is due to

Hunting and gathering societies

In contrast to practitioners of agriculture,hunters and gatherers

Figure 10.10.1: Von Thünen Model -The world leader in land area devoted to organic farming is