Human Geography: Food and Agriculture

Question 1

What are the three factors affecting food consumption?

Answer 1

• Level of development
• Physical conditions (climate)
• Cultural preferences

Question 2

Amount of food an individual consumes

Answer 2

Dietary Energy Consumption

Question 3

What are the three leading cereal grains?

Answer 3

• Maize (corn)
• Wheat
• Rice

Question 4

What is the leading crop in the world?

Answer 4

Maize (corn)

Question 5

Where is wheat the main crop?

Answer 5

• Developed countries
• Central Asia
• Southwest Asia

Question 6

Where is rice the main crop?

Answer 6

• East Asia
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia

Question 7

What country has the highest consumption of food?

Answer 7

United States

Question 8

What is a cause for the high obesity rates in the U.S.?

Answer 8

Pesticides in produce

Question 9

Protein needed for growth and maintenance of human body

Answer 9

Nutrients

Question 10

What source of food do developed countries get most of their protein/nutrients?

Answer 10

Meat products

Question 11

What source of food do developing countries get most of their protein/nutrients?

Answer 11

Cereal grains

Question 12

Dietary energy consumption continuously below minimum requirement for maintaining a healthy life and carrying out light physical activity

Answer 12

Undernourishment

Question 13

____ million people in the world that are considered undernourished

Answer 13

780

Question 14

On average, world produces _______ food to meet dietary needs

Answer 14

enough

Question 15

Deliberate modification of Earth’s surface

Answer 15

Agriculture

Question 16

Characteristics of Agriculture

Answer 16

• Cultivation (to care for) of plants
• Rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain

Question 17

Any plant cultivated by people

Answer 17

Crop

Question 18

Characteristics of Subsistence Agriculture

Answer 18

• Developing countries
• Provides food for direct consumption for farmer and family

Question 19

Characteristics of Commercial Agriculture

Answer 19

• Developed countries
• Production of food primarily for sale off farm

Question 20

What is the farm size like for commercial agriculture compared to subsistence agriculture?

Answer 20

• Larger
• Smaller number of farms
• Mechanization (fertilizers, herbicides, and GPS)
• Largest amounts of capital

Question 21

% of farmers in developed countries

Answer 21

3%

Question 22

% of farmers in North America

Answer 22

1%

Question 23

% of farmers in developing countries

Answer 23

42%

Question 24

What are tropical regions of Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia being replaced by?

Answer 24

• Logging
• Cattle ranching
• Cash crops

Question 25

Characteristics of Pastoral Nomadism

Answer 25

- Herding of domesticated animals - Dry climates

Question 26

Characteristics of a Plantation

Answer 26

- Form of commercial agriculture in developing regions - Tropics and subtropics - 1 or 2 crops: cotton, sugarcane, coffee, rubber, and tobacco

Question 26

Where is wet rice dominant

Answer 26

East and South Asia

Question 27

Characteristics of Developing Agricultural Regions

Answer 27

- Shifting Cultivation - Pastoral Nomadism - Plantation - Wet Rice Dominant

Question 28

What are the 6 developed agricultural regions?

Answer 28

- Mixed Crop and Livestock - Dairy Farming - Grain Farming - Livestock Ranching - Commercial Gardening and Fruit Farming - Mediterranean Agriculture

Question 29

Characteristics of Mixed Crop and Livestock

Answer 29

- Integration of crops and livestock - Corn (#1), soybeans (#2) - Most crops fed to animals - Involves crop rotation

Question 30

Where is dairy farming located?

Answer 30

- Near population clusters (Northeast U.S.) - Milkshed

Question 31

What is a milkshed?

Answer 31

ring surrounding a city

Question 32

Characteristics of Grain Farming

Answer 32

- Primarily for human consumption - Regions too dry for mixed crop and livestock farming --> Ex: Great Plains of North America

Question 33

______ is most important for flour

Answer 33

Wheat

Question 34

Characteristics of Livestock Ranching

Answer 34

- Commercial grazing of agriculture over an extensive area - Arid or semi-arid lands - U.S. is leading producer of chickens and beef

Question 35

Characteristics of Commercial Gardening and Fruit Farming

Answer 35

- Truck Farming (tomatoes, apples, lettuce) - Southeast U.S. - Specialty Farming

Question 36

Crops that have limited by increasing demand

Answer 36

Specialty Farming

Question 37

Examples of specialty farming crops

Answer 37

- Strawberries - Mushrooms - Peppers

Question 38

Lands border Mediterranean Sea and places that share similar physical geography (California)

Answer 38

Mediterranean Agriculture

Question 39

What are examples of crops grown in Mediterranean Agriculture?

Answer 39

Olives and grapes

Question 40

Capture of wild fish and other seafood living in waters

Answer 40

Fishing

Question 41

Cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions

Answer 41

Aquaculture

Question 42

World's oceans divided into ___ major fishing regions

Answer 42

16

Question 43

___ areas with largest fishing yield in Pacific

Answer 43

3

Question 44

About ____ of fish caught from ocean is consumed directly by humans

Answer 44

3/4

Question 45

Fish consumption increased _______ rapidly than population growth

Answer 45

more

Question 46

Capturing of fish faster than they can reproduce

Answer 46

Overfishing

Question 47

Overfishing causes ___ reduction in some fish (tuna)

Answer 47

90%

Question 48

What are the 4 challenges farmers face?

Answer 48

- Loss of agricultural land - Agriculture and Water Supply - Food Prices - Drug Trade

Question 49

About ___ of world's land area used for agriculture

Answer 49

38%

Question 50

Highest demand for water is __________

Answer 50

agriculture

Question 51

What is the greatest challenge to world food supply?

Answer 51

food prices

Question 52

What things could affect food prices?

Answer 52

- Poor weather - High demand - Smaller productivity - Use of crops as biofuel

Question 53

Some ________ countries grow crops for drugs

Answer 53

developing

Question 54

What are examples of crops grown for drug trade?

Answer 54

- Heroin - Cocaine - Marijuana

Question 55

Practice that preserves and enhances environmental quality

Answer 55

Sustainable Agriculture

Question 56

What kind of agriculture is organic farming an example of?

Answer 56

Sustainable Agriculture

Question 57

____ seeds are genetically modified to survive

Answer 57

GMO