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The form of agriculture that refers to a particular climate is
a) dairying
b) Mediterranean
c) shifting cultivation
d) livestock ranching

In recent years, many wooded areas in ___________ have been deforested to provide beef for hamburgers for fast-food chains in the United States.
a) West Africa
b) East Africa
c) Central and South America
d) East and South Asia,

Subsistence agriculture
a) Is most practiced in South America
b) Only includes the herding of animals
c) Is characterized by production for food for consumption by the farmers and their families
d) Is aimed at producing surplus crops for sale in the market

The Second Agricultural Revolution can generally be traced to Europe and coincided with what other major historical movement?
a) The First Agricultural Revolution
b) The Communist Revolution
c) The Green Revolution
d) The Industrial Revolution

What is the purpose of crop rotation?
a) maintaining the fertility of fields
b) reducing transportation costs
c) responding to shifting consumer preference
d) maintaining fresh products for market

Organic food in the United States now constitutes _____ percent of the total food production.
a) 4
b) 10
c) 25
d) 50

Demand for organic foods is greatest in
a) periphery regions.
b) semi-periphery regions.
c) core regions
d) demand does not exist

The best-selling organic crops in the United States, with a 43% share of sales, are
a) grains
b) fruits and vegetables
c) chocolates
d) dairy products

Geographer Lee Liu studying the spatial patterns of agriculture in parts of China, found soils in intensively used fields near villages were
a) overused and of poor fertility
b) polluted
c) not used
d) fertile and productive.

Which of the following areas does not have a Mediterranean-type climate?
a) southern Florida
b) southern Australia
c) South Africa’s Cape,
d) central Chile

_______________ fueled the Second Agricultural Revolution.
a) Governments and technology
b) Governments and climate change,
c) Public protest over government policy
d) Protest by organic farmers in England,

The___________ marked the beginning of the First Agricultural Revolution.
a) use of fertilizer
b) planting of trees
c) cultivation of seed crops
d) making of cattle

Poorer countries, producing such cash crops as sugar,
a) set the market price themselves.
b) are at the mercy of the purchasing countries that set the prices
c) plant less in order to drive up the prices
d) cooperate with each other to determine global prices and demand

The Köppen climate classification system is
a) based on temperature and precipitation
b) no longer useful due to climate change
c) useful for studying gentrification.,
d) only used in Europe.,

Driving from Minneapolis to Denver, you are likely to see
a) very few settlements
b) overpopulated settlements
c) dispersed settlements
d) none of these

Miami is to_______________ as Addis Ababa is to __________
a) humid equatorial climates, polar climates
b) humid temperate climates, humid cold climates
c) humid equatorial climates, dry climates
d) humid equatorial climates, highland climates.

The first agriculturalists were
a) also hunters-gatherers
b) also ranchers
c) commercial farmers
d) most likely males

In the 2013 World Drug Report, the United Nations reported that 74 percent of the world’s opium production took place in
a) Afghanistan
b) United States
c) Colombia
d) Mexico

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