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More modern villages, notably planned rural settlements may be arranged in a ________ pattern. Examples include Ancient Rome and Greece as well as ancient cities in China and Mexico.
a) round
b) grid
c) linear
d) oval

The basic unit of the township-and-range system, the section, has an area of
a) 1 acre
b) 160 acres
c) 36 square mile.
d) 1 square mile.

The form of villages still existing in many rural landscapes that are reminders of a turbulent past is
a) walled
b) linear
c) round
d) grid

Which commodity would be found closest to the market town in von Thunen’s model
a) beef7
b) firewood
c) wheat
d) milk

The rectangular land division scheme in the United States adopted after the American Revolution is quite unique. Its correct name is:
a) township-and-range system.
b) metes and bounds system.
c) Franklin’s system.
d) long-lot system.

In von Thunen’s model there was a concentric circle of forest around the city because
a) it provided a recreation area.
b) it would filter out pollution
c) it would provide lumber and firewood.
d) it would contain the growth of the city

A form of tropical subsistence agriculture in which fields are rotated after short periods of crop production is
a) shifting cultivation.
b) subsistence wheat cultivation.
c) subsistence rice cultivation.
d) nomadic herding.

Often crops are associated with regions other than the one in which they were developed. For example, the “Irish” or “Idaho” potato originated in the Andean Highlands. Corn of the American “Corn Belt” originated in
a) West Africa
b) the Fertile Crescent.
c) Central America
d) Southeast Asia.)

Most scholars believe that seed cultivation (First Agricultural Revolution) occurred in
a) Asia
b) the Fertile Crescent
c) tropical Africa.
d) the Nile Valley.

According to Spencer and Thomas, each agricultural hearth was associated with a local grouping of plants. For example, taro, yams, and bananas are associated with the _______________ hearth.
a) Ethiopia-East African
b) Southwest Asian
c) Southeast Asian
d) Meso-American

Hunter-gatherers living in the vicinity of the Pacific Ocean specialized in
a) salmon fishing.
b) bison hunting
c) deer hunting
d) acorn collection

The ratio of percent of labor force to percent of GDP in the agricultural sector of Canada (3% of labor force: 2.3% of GDP) indicates that Canada’s agricultural sector is ______________ intensive.
a) labor
b) machine
c) subsistence
d) small scale

Organic food is found in _____ areas.
a) core
b) semi perhpery
c) periphery
d) all

Which is not an example of a primary economic activity?
a) forestry
b) lobster fishing
c) iron ore production,
d) corn flake production

Bio-genetic engineering now allows the growing of new strains of soybeans in more arid regions of the Plains States to meet the demand of the ___________ industry.
a) bio-diesel fuel
b) cattle feed
c) tofu/organic food
d) grain export

Which of the following points were the key driving forces behind the Green Revolution?
a) A global trend of consuming more plant-based foods and advances in horticultural science from public land grant colleges
b) Human demand for cheap fast food like cheeseburgers and the creation of “perfect crops by horticulturalists in public researc
c) Agriculture expanding into arid and previously non-arable regions
d) An exponential increase in the human population and the advent of industrial fertilizers

The recent growth of Community Sponsored Agriculture (CSAs) and farmers markets within the United States is a sign of a return to
a) subsistence agriculture
b) commercial agriculture
c) mixed agricultural economy
d) the Green Revolution

Rice cultivation in Southeast Asia is largely a ________________ activity.
a) subsistence
b) part-time
c) mechanized
d) commercial

The most prevalent rural residential pattern in the world’s agricultural areas is
a) dispersed
b) nucleated
c) paced
d) hierarchical

Examples of luxury crops include:
a) wheat and sugar
b) coffee and tobacco.
c) cacao and corn.
d) tobacco and potatoes.

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