Agriculture Quiz

What is agriculture primarily concerned with?

• Water conservation

• Growing crops and raising livestock

• Fishing and hunting

• Building and construction

• Industry

What is the main purpose of agriculture?

• Make Money

• Preserve cultures

• Human use and consumption

• Scientific research

What is the primary purpose of industrialized agriculture?

• To provide for the farmer's family

• To improve soil quality

• Large-scale production for sale and trade

• To conserve water resources

What is a characteristic of subsistence agriculture?

• Focus on export markets

• Use of advanced machinery

• Production primarily for the consumption of the farmer's family

• High use of chemical fertilizers

Which type of agriculture often uses techniques with a variety of species?

• Industrialized agriculture

• Subsistence agriculture

• Commercial agriculture

• Urban agriculture

Before agriculture, how were most food supplies obtained?

• Farming and planting

• Hunting and gathering

• Trading and bartering

• Fishing and mining

What lifestyle was required before the introduction of agriculture?

• Urban lifestyle

• Nomadic lifestyle

• Sedentary lifestyle

• Industrial lifestyle

What did the practice of agriculture allow people to do?

• Travel more frequently

• Settle down in one area and grow a supply of food

• Hunt more effectively

• Increase their nomadic activities

What was one of the effects of agriculture on economic life?

• Economic life declined

• Economic life remained the same

• Economic life began to flourish

• Economic life became unstable

What happened to population sizes as a result of agriculture?

• Population sizes decreased

• Population sizes remained constant

• Population sizes began to increase exponentially

• Population sizes fluctuated randomly