This document contains a series of true/false questions and short answer questions about different types of agriculture around the world. It addresses topics like the percentage of populations involved in farming, the origins of agriculture, dominant crops and practices in various regions, and how agriculture has changed over time and differs between developed and developing areas. Key agricultural practices and crops discussed include subsistence farming, rice in East Asia, slash-and-burn cultivation, pastoral nomadism, livestock ranching, and mixed crop-livestock farming with corn and soybeans in the US Midwest.
8. • There is consensus among scientists that
hunters/gatherers converted to agriculture
because of the domestication of animals
roughly 12,000 years ago
26. • The type of agriculture practiced on a
commercial farm depends more on access
to markets rather than on the suitability of
land for particular crops.
32. • Crops grown in the mixed crop and
livestock region are used primarily to feed
animals.
• True
33. • ) Despite its location far from world
markets, New Zealand is a major dairy
producer.
• Answer: TRUE
34. • Most commercial farms in the United
States are owned by large corporations
rather than individual families.
• Answer: FALSE
35. • The one type of commercial agriculture
found in developing countries rather than
more developed countries is mixed crop
and livestock.
• Answer: FALSE
37. Short Answer
• What is the distinctive type of agriculture
practiced in the population concentrations
of East and South Asia?
• Answer: intensive subsistence
38. • What is the most important crop grown in
East Asia? Why is this crop grown
extensively in the southern part of the
region but not in the northern part?
• Answer: rice; milder climate
39. • In shifting cultivation, how do farmers clear
their fields for planting?
• Answer: slash and burn
40. • What is the distinctive type of agriculture
practiced in the dry lands of less
developed countries?
• Answer: pastoral nomadism
41. • What is the distinctive type of agriculture
practiced in the dry lands of the
southwestern United States?
• Answer: livestock ranching
42. • What type of agriculture is dominant in the
U.S. Midwest, from Ohio to Iowa?
• What are the two most important crops in
this region?
• Answer: mixed crop and livestock; corn;
soybeans
43. • What type of agriculture would you expect
to find in the northeastern United States?
• Answer: dairying
44. • To raise money for development, what
kind of crops are farmers in less
developed countries encouraged to grow?
• Answer: luxury crops for export, cash
crops, and items for consumption abroad
(may also answer drug crops encouraged
by financial incentives)
45. • Prior to the invention of agriculture, how
did most people obtain their food?
• Answer: hunting and gathering