Question 1

What is the relationship between agricultural practices and physical geography? Explain.

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Question 2

Explain the sustainable agriculture principals and complex management issues of integrated crop and livestock farming.

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Question 3

Which of the following is a typical practice in growing rice in Asia?

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A)   preparing fields with a plow drawn by oxen
B)   flooding the plowed field with water
C)   growing seedlings in a nursery
D)   transplanting seedlings into the flooded field
E)   all of the above

Question 4

Which statement correctly describes hunting and gathering?

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A)   All humans obtained their food this way before the invention of agriculture.
B)   It is a form of nomadism.
C)   This form of subsistence is still practiced.
D)   Hunter gatherers live in small groups.
E)   All of these are true.

Question 5

Figure 10.8.6 
-Based on knowledge acquired previously in this course,this chart indicates that

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A)   far more people in the developing world are employed in fishing as a percentage of that population but not overall.
B)   far more people in the developing world are employed in fishing both as a percentage of that population and overall.
C)   far more people in the developing world are employed in fishing in numbers but not as a percentage of that population.
D)   more people in the developed world are employed in fishing as a percentage of that population but not overall.
E)   The answer cannot be determined from this chart.

Question 6

In places where subsistence agriculture is practiced,a high percentage of the labor force works on farms.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Figure 10.4.1 
-The largest use of land near the Equator is

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A)   intensive subsistence, wet rice dominant agriculture.
B)   intensive subsistence, wet rice not dominant agriculture.
C)   pastoral nomadism.
D)   plantation agriculture.
E)   shifting cultivation.

Question 8

Figure 10.6.3 
-The different areas of the world where Mediterranean agriculture predominates have similar

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A)   climate.
B)   cultural beliefs.
C)   broad expanses of flat land along sea coasts.
D)   social customs.
E)   levels of livestock production with the mixed crop and livestock regions.

Question 9

Figure 10.6.3 
-While climate influences every agricultural practice,the form of agriculture most dependent on climate is

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A)   Mediterranean.
B)   mixed crop and livestock farming.
C)   dairy farming.
D)   grain farming.
E)   livestock ranching.

Question 10

Hunting and gathering is still practiced by some societies today.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Figure 10.10.1: Von Thünen Model 
-________ model is used by geographers to explain the importance of proximity to the market in the choice of crops to the commercial farm.

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A)   Von Thünen's
B)   Whittlesey's
C)   Iqbel's
D)   McKinley's

Question 12

Which is not a form of subsistence agriculture?

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A)   Mediterranean
B)   shifting cultivation
C)   pastoral nomadism
D)   intensive
E)   All of these are forms of subsistence agriculture.

Question 13

Figure 10.5.1 
-If darker shades indicate higher values,this is likely a map of

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A)   percent labor force engaged in agriculture.
B)   tractors per area of farmland.
C)   population density.
D)   food surpluses by region.
E)   economic development.

Question 14

Figure 10.3.3 
-If darker shades represent higher values,this is most likely a map of

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A)   dietary energy consumption.
B)   percent of income spent on food.
C)   percent undernourished.
D)   change in number undernourished.
E)   per capita fish consumption.

Question 15

In shifting cultivation,how do farmers clear their fields for planting?

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Question 16

How does commercial agriculture differ from subsistence agriculture? Describe several ways.

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Question 17

Figure 10.6.3 
-If darker shades mean higher values,this is most likely a map of

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A)   wheat production.
B)   pastoral nomadism.
C)   plantation agriculture.
D)   rice production.
E)   shifting cultivation.

Question 18

Figure 10.6.3 
-The agricultural practice most dependent on being close to consumers is

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A)   mixed crop and livestock farming.
B)   livestock ranching.
C)   commercial gardening and fruit farming.
D)   grain farming.
E)   dairy farming.

Question 19

Crops grown in the mixed crop and livestock region are used primarily to feed animals.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Figure 10.5.2 
-All but which of the following are true of commercial agriculture compared to subsistence agriculture?

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A)   low percentage of farmers in the labor force
B)   farm size
C)   heavy use of machinery
D)   output consumed on the farm
E)   surplus production

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Which of the following is a typical practice in growing rice in Asia?

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How does commercial agriculture differ from subsistence agriculture? Describe several ways.

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Figure 10.5.2 -All but which of the following are true of commercial agriculture compared to subsistence agriculture?

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Crops grown in the mixed crop and livestock region are used primarily to feed animals.

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Figure 10.10.1: Von Thünen Model -________ model is used by geographers to explain the importance of proximity to the market in the choice of crops to the commercial farm.

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Figure 10.6.3 -The agricultural practice most dependent on being close to consumers is

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In shifting cultivation,how do farmers clear their fields for planting?

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