APHG Unit 5 Review

A farmer who produces only enough food for their immediate family is practicing

• Shifting cultivation

• Intensive agriculture

• Vegetative planting

• Subsistence farming

In the Mediterranean region, the most important crops are

• Olives and grapes

• Citrus fruits and tree nuts

• Tomatoes and lettuce

• Cotton and sugarcane

Hunter and gatherer societies differ from farming societies in that hunter and gatherer societies were

• Less likely to be characterized by gender inequality

• More likely to require more hours of work per person

• More likely to have job specialization

• More likely to practice polytheism

In which of the following areas has desertification had the strongest negative impact?

• Mexico

• Eastern China

• the Sahel

• India

Which of the following does NOT characterize modern industrial agriculture?

• Specialized crops

• Signing agreements with buyer-processors

• Global trade

• Participation by farmers in less developed countries

Refrigerated ships and railroad cars most directly benefited the long-distance transportation of ____ to global markets.

• Wheat

• Beef

• Rice

• Cotton

Increasing global food production by expanding the amount of land under cultivation is limited by the fact that

• Technology is lacking in many less developed countries

• Most of the world's arable land is already under cultivation

• Few young people want to be farmers

• Governments are unwilling to give up public lands

Most workers engaged in agriculture are involved in what TYPE of agriculture?

• Livestock ranching

• Subsistence

• Agribusiness

• Dairying

Which of the following was NOT a commodity first raised in the Americas and traded to the Eastern Hemisphere during the Columbian Exchange?

• Beans

• Wheat

• Squash

• Potatoes

Which form of farming is typically most concentrated near population centers?

• Dairy farming

• Cereal farming

• Mixed crop and livestock

• Mediterranean