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True or False
• About two-thirds of the people in the world are farmers.
True
• Most of the wheat grown in the American grain region is consumed by animals
False
• While 40% of the world's population overall are farmers, only 10% of the United States' population are farmers.
False
• There is consensus among scientists that hunters/gatherers converted to agriculture because of the domestication of animals roughly 12,000 years ago
False
• Railroads and highways have had a positive impact on 20th century farming in MDCs.
True
• Subsistence agriculture is designed mainly to generate products for sale off the farm.
False
• Mediterranean farming is so named because it is practiced only on land bordering the Mediterranean Sea.
False
• Pastoral nomads primarily live in an arid climate region that stretches from Central Asia to North Africa.
True
• The green revolution has allowed agricultural production to increase at a rate equal to population growth
False
• Most people in Asia, Africa, and Latin America have become commercial farmers.
False
• Hunting and gathering is still practiced by isolated groups in Africa, Australia, and South America.
True
• Shifting cultivation can support large population concentrations in East and South Asia.
False
• The type of agriculture practiced on a commercial farm depends more on access to markets rather than on the suitability of land for particular crops.
False
• Developing countries are responsible for a small percentage of the world's milk production.
True
• Ranching is practiced in the dry lands of both more developed and less developed countries.
• True
• Crops grown in the mixed crop and livestock region are used primarily to feed animals.
• True
• ) Despite its location far from world markets, New Zealand is a major dairy producer.
• Answer: TRUE
• Most commercial farms in the United States are owned by large corporations rather than individual families.
• Answer: FALSE
• The one type of commercial agriculture found in developing countries rather than more developed countries is mixed crop and livestock.
• Answer: FALSE
• Vegetative planting originated in Southeast Asia.
• Answer: TRUE
Short Answer
• What is the distinctive type of agriculture practiced in the population concentrations of East and South Asia?
• Answer: intensive subsistence
• What is the most important crop grown in East Asia? Why is this crop grown extensively in the southern part of the region but not in the northern part?
• Answer: rice; milder climate
• In shifting cultivation, how do farmers clear their fields for planting?
• Answer: slash and burn
• What is the distinctive type of agriculture practiced in the dry lands of less developed countries?
• Answer: pastoral nomadism
• What is the distinctive type of agriculture practiced in the dry lands of the southwestern United States?
• Answer: livestock ranching
• What type of agriculture is dominant in the U.S. Midwest, from Ohio to Iowa?
• What are the two most important crops in this region?
• Answer: mixed crop and livestock; corn; soybeans
• What type of agriculture would you expect to find in the northeastern United States?
• Answer: dairying
• To raise money for development, what kind of crops are farmers in less developed countries encouraged to grow?
• Answer: luxury crops for export, cash crops, and items for consumption abroad (may also answer drug crops encouraged by financial incentives)
• Prior to the invention of agriculture, how did most people obtain their food?
• Answer: hunting and gathering