unit 5 test

Question 1

bill owns a small farm and has a rodent problem. cats…

Answer 1

yes cats are feral and dont require human companionship

Question 2

how does livestock differ from other domesticated animals?

Answer 2

livestock are raised for food and other consumer products

Question 3

read the following description to answer the question

Answer 3

positve feedback loop

Question 4

experts believe the neilithic agricultural revolutionn began when

Answer 4

10,000 years ago

Question 5

how did the neolothic revolution support larger populations worldwide?

Answer 5

farming allowed for a surplus of food to support more people

Question 6

during the 18th century which european country had the most advanced agriculture?

Answer 6

great britian

Question 7

after 1750 why was the potato regarded as an important crop in europe

Answer 7

it was easy to grow and ricjh in vitamins and carbohydrates

Question 8

Which of the following can occur due to runoff of pollutants, such as pesticides and fertilizers?

Answer 8

increased water pollution

Question 9

Which of the following occurred during the Agricultural Revolution?

Answer 9

new methods of farming like crop rotaion were used

Question 10

Who is credited with inventing the seed drill?

Answer 10

jenthro tull

Question 11

Which of the following was an effect on farming caused by the mechanized combine?

Answer 11

it lowered the number of jobs

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of agribusiness?

Answer 12

a corporation processes large quantities of meat and poultry

Question 13

Which of the following is a major reason why larger farms replaced the small family farm?

Answer 13

mechanized equipment

Question 14

Which of the following statements BEST captures a view held by modern geographers about domestication?

Answer 14

the different ways various regions domesticated certain plants and animals can be captured by studying patterns

Question 15

What is the primary reason that locations at the same latitude had a tendency to spread domestication more quickly?

Answer 15

similar climates and habitats

Question 16

Why is plant and animal domestication viewed as so important to geography?

Answer 16

this innovation led to dramatic and rapid changed in how human being live

Question 17

Which statement BEST describes how humans transitioned to more sedentary ways of life?

Answer 17

the lenghty process involving varying degrees of sedatry living

Question 18

When did plant and animal domestication begin?

Answer 18

10000 years ago

Question 19

Which of the following statements about the early domestication of plants and animals is TRUE?

Answer 19

domestication took place in many different parts of the world

Question 20

What of these is the definition of multiple cropping?

Question 21

Why was Norman Borlaug awarded a Nobel peace prize?

Answer 21

he developed high yeild wheat which helped

Question 22

Which of the following agricultural advances was NOT part of the Green Revolution?

Answer 22

natural fertilizers

Question 23

Plants grown for consumption are referred to as _____, while plants used indoors for decorative purposes are _____.

Answer 23

crops; houseplants

Question 24

Which of the following characteristics is NOT ideal for animal domestication?

Answer 24

slow physical growth

Question 25

aWhat do we call a country with a low gross national income, a small population and workforce, and a weak economy?

Answer 25

a least developed country

Question 26

How is food production made possible by the use of more modernized tools on permanently cultivated fields?

Answer 26

intensive agriculture

Question 27

In the fourth concentric circle of the Von Thünen Model, land is cheapest but transportation to the market is most costly. What did von Thünen expect to find in this zone?

Answer 27

pastures for ranching and herding

Question 28

What is at the exact center of the Von Thünen Model?

Answer 28

the market place

Question 29

A model like von Thünen's is _____.

Answer 29

predictive

Question 30

In von Thünen's model, land use is reflected in a relationship between what?

Answer 30

cost of transportation and cost of land

Question 31

What trend has been observed in global trade during the last few decades?

Answer 31

trade between china and many developing countries has boomed

Question 32

A possible consequence of imposing a tax on a food product from one country is that ___

Answer 32

local importers might look somewhere else

Question 33

Which of the following scenarios is an example of a global food supply chain?

Question 34

Which regions are more suitable for large-scale corn and wheat crops?

Answer 34

the great plains and southern russia

Question 35

Savannas, steppes and deserts are examples of _____

Answer 35

bioclimatic zones

Question 36

n the tropics, _____ is a common form of farming.

Answer 36

shifting farming

Question 37

Where do we often find intensive subsistence agriculture?

Answer 37

in southeast asia and china

Question 38

What type of farming involves goods being produced only for the consumption and survival of one's family group?

Answer 38

subsistence farming

Question 39

Would a single farmer in Greece and a large agribusiness both be considered practitioners of intensive agriculture? Why or why not?

Answer 39

yes bc both permanently cultivate fields

Question 40

Which of the following is an example of a cash crop?

Answer 40

a farmer producing corn to be sold only to a company dealings in ethanol production

Question 41

What is commercialization in the context of agriculture?

Answer 41

producing foods for a market

Question 42

In Ethiopia, small communities of people raise animals as a means of survival and move from place to place in search of food and water. What kind of agriculture are these nomadic people practicing?

Answer 42

pastoriliams

Question 43

Kelly is a farmer. She grows a variety of crops that she feeds to her family, but she does not produce enough left over to sell. What type of agriculture does Kelly practice?

Answer 43

substistence

Question 44

How have some least developed countries been able to shift to more stable economies?

Answer 44

by progressing to commercial farming

Question 45

In what type of agriculture does a farmer plant a piece of land for a short time, then leave it at rest for many years in order to allow its nutrients to renew?

Answer 45

shifting cultivation

Question 46

In contrast with less developed countries, what would you expect to see in food production practices in most-developed countries?

Answer 46

they employ mixed crop production on very large tracts of land

Question 47

What is defined as a corporately owned landholding, farmed and operated by large companies?

Question 48

What has occurred to most-developed countries that makes one dependent on the buying and selling of goods?

Answer 48

commercialization

Question 49

Which statement describes extensive ranching in developed countries?

Question 50

All of the following factors have led to changes in the world economic system, EXCEPT:

Question 51

Mark lives in a country that has an economic system free from foreign influence and a unique labor market outside of the world system. His country is an example of _____.

Question 52

A _____ country is gaining economic wealth while still being occasionally exploited by other countries.

Answer 52

core

Question 53

Periphery countries are often referred to as developing countries. How are these countries characterized?

Answer 53

weak state institutions

Question 54

Thomas lives in a country that exploits other countries for cheap labor and raw materials. Thomas most likely lives in which kind of country?

Question 55

How do North and South Korea offer an interesting case study of dependency theory?

Answer 55

all answers are correct

Question 56

Where may a favela be found?

Answer 56

outside of brazlian cities

Question 57

How did imperial powers exercise their control over developing nations under colonialism?

Question 58

Why is greater government control over businesses objectionable to most modern economists?

Question 59

How did industrialized imperial nations treat their foreign colonies?

Question 60

Which of Rostow's stages involve primarily agricultural production?

Answer 60

traditional society

Question 61

An economy moving from a few key industries to more diverse industries requiring an increasingly skilled workforce is best described as what stage of growth?

Answer 61

drive to maturity

Question 62

The current stage of the economic development of Great Britain is best described as which of the following?

Answer 62

traditional society

Question 63

Which of Rostow's stages of economic growth is marked by a few key industries driving economic growth?

Answer 63

takeoff

Question 64

Which of the following is not a criticism of Rostow's stages of economic growth?