Chapter 10 Clickers

The Cultural LandscapeEleventh Edition

Food and Agriculture

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John Conley

Saddleback College

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a) dairy farming.b) pastoral nomadism.c) plantation farming.d) swidden cultivation.e) wet-rice farming.

Complete the following analogy. Subsistence agriculture is to shifting cultivation as commercial agriculture is to:

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a) dairy farming.b) pastoral nomadism.c) plantation farming.d) swidden cultivation.e) wet-rice farming.

Explanation: Dairy farming is one of six types of commercial agriculture found in MDCs.

Complete the following analogy. Subsistence agriculture is to shifting cultivation as commercial agriculture is to:

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a) capital intensive.b) driving intensive.c) mentally intensive.d) nature intensive.e) worker intensive.

Complete the following analogy. Subsistence agriculture is to labor intensive as commercial agriculture is to:

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a) capital intensive.b) driving intensive.c) mentally intensive.d) nature intensive.e) worker intensive.

Explanation: Commercial agriculture relies on fewer workers and more machinery to produce food for market.

Complete the following analogy. Subsistence agriculture is to labor intensive as commercial agriculture is to:

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a) in the interior region of Australia.b) in more developed countries.c) in humid continental climates.d) in close proximity to large cities.e) within 20 degrees latitude of the equator.

Shifting cultivation is most common:

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a) in the interior region of Australia.b) in more developed countries.c) in humid continental climates.d) in close proximity to large cities.e) within 20 degrees latitude of the equator.

Explanation: Proponents of shifting cultivation argue that it is the better-suited to the tropics than other forms of agriculture.

Shifting cultivation is most common:

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a) butterb) cheesec) meatd) milke) lumber

According to von Thünen, which of the following crops will be grown closest to a city?

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a) butterb) cheesec) meatd) milke) lumber

Explanation: Because it spoils quickly, milk is more expensive to transport to market than the other crops in this list.

According to von Thünen, which of the following crops will be grown closest to a city?

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a) Forest fallowb) Bush fallowc) Short fallowd) Annual croppinge) Multicropping

Which of the following is the longest fallow period?

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Explanation: Boserup identified five stages in the intensification of farmland, each with a shorter fallow period.

Which of the following is the longest fallow period?

a) Forest fallowb) Bush fallowc) Short fallowd) Annual croppinge) Multicropping

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a) is of less economic importance.b) cannot be stored as long.c) grows less well in humid continental climates.d) is grown almost exclusively in LDCs. e) is the world’s leading export crop.

Compared to other grains, wheat:

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a) is of less economic importance.b) cannot be stored as long.c) grows less well in humid continental climates.d) is grown almost exclusively in LDCs. e) is the world’s leading export crop.

Explanation: The U.S. and Canada account for half of the world’s wheat exports.

Compared to other grains, wheat:

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a) growing crops is a more profitable use of land.b) infectious diseases have killed herds.c) the federal government prohibits cattle on public

land.d) dietary and ethical concerns have lessened the

appeal of meat.

e) widespread water shortages limit the number of animalsper acre.

Ranching has declined in the western United States primarily because

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a) growing crops is a more profitable use of land.b) infectious diseases have killed herds.c) the federal government prohibits cattle on public land.d) dietary and ethical concerns have lessened the appeal

of meat. e) widespread water shortages limit the number of animals

per acre.

Explanation: Widespread irrigation and hardier varieties of crops have replaced cattle.

Ranching has declined in the western United States primarily because

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a) a longstanding tradition of wine production.b) a willingness to experiment with new crops.c) similar climate conditions.d) close proximity to the Mediterranean Sea.e) shared use of Romance languages.

The most fundamental shared aspect of regions that practice Mediterranean agriculture is:

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a) a longstanding tradition of wine production.b) a willingness to experiment with new crops.c) similar climate conditions.d) close proximity to the Mediterranean Sea.e) shared use of Romance languages.

Explanation: Generally located on the western shores of landmasses, prevailing winds and ocean currents provide moisture and moderate winters.

The most fundamental shared aspect of regions that practice Mediterranean agriculture is:

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a) Distance to marketb) Transportation cost per kilometerc) Yield per acred) Price per bushele) Nutritional value of the crop

According to the von Thünen model, which of the following factors is least important to a farmer when deciding which crops to grow?

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a) Distance to marketb) Transportation cost per kilometerc) Yield per acred) Price per bushele) Nutritional value of the crop

Explanation: In choosing a crop, commercial farms consider both the value of a commodity and the cost of transporting it to market.

According to the von Thünen model, which of the following factors is least important to a farmer when deciding which crops to grow?

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a) North Africab) American Southwestc) Central Australiad) Central Europee) Southwestern Asia

Which of the following areas is least affected by desertification?

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a) North Africab) American Southwestc) Central Australiad) Central Europee) Southwestern Asia

Explanation: Semiarid land degradation is one of the factors that limits the amount of land available for agricultural expansion.

Which of the following areas is least affected by desertification?

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a) Coffeeb) Oatsc) Potatoesd) Soybeanse) Mangos

Which one of these crops was originally domesticated in the Western Hemisphere?

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a) Coffeeb) Oatsc) Potatoesd) Soybeanse) Mangos

Explanation: The other crops were brought to the Western Hemisphere from the Eastern Hemisphere.

Which one of these crops was originally domesticated in the Western Hemisphere?

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a) Sub-Saharan Africab) East Asiac) South Asiad) Southeast Asiae) Latin America

Which of the following regions has the most undernourished people?

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a) Sub-Saharan Africab) East Asiac) South Asiad) Southeast Asiae) Latin America

Explanation: India has a 1.2 billion people and not enough food to feed them all adequately.

Which of the following regions has the most undernourished people?

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